Pieter Willem Botha est né le 12 janvier 1916 à Paul Roux, Orange Free State Province, Union of South Africa. Il était marié à Barbara Robertson et Anna Elizabeth Rossouw. Il est mort le 31 octobre 2006 en Afrique du sud.
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.