Pik Botha has died

Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha has died aged 86. He was the long-serving last foreign minister of apartheid-era South Africa from 1977 until 1994, and regarded at home and abroad as a moderating influence on successive National Party presidents. Botha hit the headlines in 1986 when he earned a stern ticking-off from President PW Botha (no relation) after telling western diplomats South Africa might one day have a black president.