“… I am not prepared to build the type of wall you built in Berlin. In South Africa we only build walls for houses.”

— P. W. Botha

To a Voice of America journalist in Berlin during a European tour, 3 September 1984, as cited in Venture into the Exterior: Through Europe With P.W. Botha, John Scott, 1984

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South African prime minister 1916–2006

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