Kortverhale (Afrikaans Edition) by Botha, Pik
Signed by the author, the legendary Minister of Foreign Affairs in the pre-1994 South African Government, the late Pik Botha on the Verso of the front wrap.
Kortverhale (Afrikaans Edition) by Botha, Pik
Softcover
ISBN 9780627022951 / 0627022952
Publisher: Van Schaik Publishers , 1997 first edition.
Condition: Very Good+. The pictorial laminated wraps are slightly shelf rubbed but is in an overall beautiful condition.The book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent.
Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, DMS MP (27 April 1932 – 12 October 2018) was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era, the longest-serving in South African history. Known as a liberal within the party, Botha served to present a friendly, conciliatory face on the regime, while criticised internally. He was a leading contender for the leadership of the National Party upon John Vorster's resignation in 1978, but was ultimately not chosen. Staying in the government after the first non-racial general election in 1994, he served under Mandela as Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs from 1994 to 1996.
Botha was nicknamed 'Pik' (short for pikkewyn, Afrikaans for 'penguin') because of a perceived likeness to a penguin in his stance, accentuated when he wore a suit.
He was known as an avid author of short stories of which several were published in Magazines as "The Huisgenoot", "The Byvoegsel" and "Avontuur".
