Pieter Willem Botha nació el 12 de enero de 1916 en Paul Roux, Orange Free State Province, Union of South Africa. Estuvo casado con Barbara Robertson y Anna Elizabeth Rossouw. Murió el 31 de octubre de 2006 en Sudáfrica.
If I were to release Mr. Nelson Mandela on humanitarian grounds, could Capt. Wynand du Toit, Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Shcharansky, not also be released on humanitarian grounds? A positive response to this question could certainly form the basis of negotiations between interested governments.
