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...national unity." Former Prime Minister Ian Smith, now a Minister Without Portfolio in Muzorewa's government, dismissed the results of the Lusaka conference as "so much hot air" and suggested that Rhodesians "forget about new elections." In South Africa, which has close ties with Salisbury, Foreign Minister Roelof F. ("Pik") Botha declared that his government was "deeply disturbed." South Africa was reported to be considering military support for Muzorewa if he decides to reject the Commonwealth proposals...
When the story broke this summer, Vorster transferred control of the department to Foreign Minister Roelof F. ("Pik") Botha. He retired the Rhoodie brothers and ordered the former head of the Bureau of State Security to undertake a probe of the charges. Mostert was named as a one-man commission to look into possible violations of currency controls. After a heated meeting at which Prime Minister Botha urged Mostert to delay releasing the report, the judge declared, "I have endeavored to discover what particular interest of the state is furthered by suppression, albeit temporary, rather than disclosure of the evidence...
...Botha prepared to give his acceptance speech, the crowd broke into a chant: "We want Pik, we want Pik. . ." They were shouting for Roelof F. ("Pik") Botha, 46, South Africa's ebullient, relatively liberal Foreign Minister, and no relation to P.W. To an august body that views its deliberations as if they involved the affairs of God rather than those of men, the jeers were alarming-like rocks thrown through a stained-glass window. Moreover, this unseemly challenge to Nationalist orthodoxy underscored the vicious factional infighting that had taken place during the succession battle...
...contenders to replace Vorster include Pieter W. Botha, the hard-line defense minister; Connie Mulder, the conservative minister of plural relations (racial affairs); Labor Minister Fanie Botha and Foreign Minister Roelof F. Botha. None of the three Bothas are related...
Indeed, South African Foreign Minister Roelof Botha welcomed Carter's criticism of Soviet activities in Africa. It was now up to Pretoria to convince the U.S. Administration of "the realities facing Africa," he said. Significantly, Carter made little mention of Zaïre in his Annapolis speech; he may well have been responding to U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young's argument that the U.S. must not lose sight of the far greater importance of the black-white struggle in southern Africa. At the Paris meeting, the U.S., as well as Britain and Belgium, argued for an African military force...