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(1932-) Lawyer and National Party politician, Foreign Minister under successive prime-ministers and presidents (1977 to 1994). Roelof Frederik Botha (generally known as “Pik” Botha) was born in ** In his youth an [[amateur]] and [[semi-professional]] actor (inter alia played Tiresias in [[Johan de Meester’s]] 1955 [[Afrikaans]] version of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' for [[NTO]]) and an fine storyteller, who - on retirement - took to performing with other storytellers in “''[[Stoepstories]]''” at the [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] ([[KKNK]]) in Oudtshoorn.

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De Beer, 1995; ***

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-(1932-) Lawyer and National Party politician, Foreign Minister under successive prime-ministers and presidents (1977 to 1994). Roelof Frederik Botha (generally known as “Pik” Botha) was born in ** In his youth an [[amateur]] and [[semi-professional]] actor (inter alia played Tiresias in [[Johan de Meester’s]] 1955 [[Afrikaans]] version of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' for [[NTO]]) and an fine storyteller, who - on retirement - took to performing with other storytellers in “''[[Stoepstories]]''” at the [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] ([[KKNK]]) in Oudtshoorn.
+(1932-) Lawyer and National Party politician, Foreign Minister under successive prime-ministers and presidents (1977 to 1994). Roelof Frederik Botha (generally known as “Pik” Botha) was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. He studied law at the University of Pretoria and then entered politics (see the entry on him in ''Wikipedia'' on this). In his youth he was an [[amateur]] and [[semi-professional]] actor (''inter alia'' played Tiresias in [[Johan de Meester’s]] 1955 [[Afrikaans]] version of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' for [[NTO]]). Always a fine storyteller, he took to performing with other storytellers in “''[[Stoepstories]]''” at the [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] ([[KKNK]]) in Oudtshoorn after retirement.
 == Sources ==
 De Beer, 1995; ***

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