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Because you could not translate the word apartheid into the more universal language of English, the wrong connotation was given to it.

P. W. Botha

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Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 – October 31, 2006), commonly known as "PW", was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989.

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Native Name: Pieter Willem Botha

Also Known As: The Big Crocodile

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