“A new era has begun in South Africa. My government is removing racial discrimination. We want to be accepted by our African brothers.”

—  Pik Botha

At the signing of the peace protocol in Brazzaville in 1988
Quoted in The Daily Maverick newspaper, 2 September 2011 http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-09-02-roelof-pik-botha-the-ultimate-survivor

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