History and chronology of Pieter Botha in South Africa

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Government Conservative Party
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Sth Africa Mozambique

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Pieter Botha History of South Africa


1926	Birth
12th Jan Birth of Pieter Botha
1961	Minister of Coloured Affairs
Aug Appointed Minister of Coloured Affairs
1961	Minister of Housing
Aug Appointed Minister of Housing
1974	Reform
25th Oct Declares at the UN that Sth Africa is beginning to make far-reaching reforms
1978	President
Appointed Prime Minister of Sth Africa
1980	Independence
Sth Africa is surrounded by Marxist states
The independent regime under Mugabe is hostile to Sth Africa
1980	Reform
Blacks are allowed to join official trade unions
1983	Diplomacy
Sth Africa & Lesotho agree not to harbour each other's subversives
1983	Independence
Botha agrees with Lesotho to ban terrorist refugees from each others' countries
1984	Accords of Nkomati
16th Mar Pretoria Africa 1st agreement signed between South Africa & a black nation
16th Mar Pretoria Africa Mozambique & Sth Africa end hostilities
1984	Constitution
Pretoria Africa Separate Asian, coloured & white assemblies are created
1984	Diplomacy
14th Dec The UN General Assembly condems Sth Africa
1984	President
Appointed President of Sth Africa
1984	Reform
Pretoria Africa Separate Asian, coloured & white assemblies are created
1985	Arrest
10th Feb Nelson Mandela rejects Botha's offer of conditional release
1985	Diplomacy
24th July France recalls its Ambassador from Sth Africa & suspends investment
1985	Funerals
31st July Mass funerals for black victims are banned during a period of unrest
1985	Reform
Pretoria Africa The ban on Inter Racial Marriage is lifted
15th April Pretoria Africa Sth Africa pledges to abolish bans on mixed-race sex
1985	Speech
15th Aug Failure to pledge reforms to the apartheid system leads to disvetment from Sth Africa
1985	State of Emergency
20th July A state of emergency is declared
1986	Books
Pretoria Africa Pass books are abolished
1986	Election
6th May Wins an overwhelming majority in the white-only election
1986	Lagislation Pass Laws
Pretoria Africa Abolition, lifts restrictions on the movement of non-whites
1986	Pass Laws
Pretoria Africa Abolition, lifts restrictions on the movement of non-whites
1986	Reform
Pretoria Africa Pass books are abolished
1986	Reporting
Pretoria Africa Enforces a reporting ban in Sth Africa
1989	Health
Pretoria Africa Resigns the party leadership & presidency after suffering a stroke
1989	Resignation
Pretoria Africa Resigns the party leadership & presidency after suffering a stroke