tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369321582009-11-07T05:48:24.637+02:00Each week the SAHO team publishes various interesting articles and writings on this blog. These entries deal with contemporary and historic South African issues and events. So have your say! Comment on what is and did happen in South African History and on the South African History Online website... remember our site address is www.sahistory.org.za!sahistoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11704059581547318996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36932158.post-1162971194705756702006-11-08T09:23:00.000+02:002007-03-28T11:19:25.820+02:00

Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 – October 31, 2006), commonly known as "PW" and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for "The Big Crocodile"), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. Botha was a long-time leader of South Africa's National Party and a staunch advocate of racial segregation and the apartheid system. Even

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This entry was provided by J.N. Faasen. A user of the SAHistory Online site.The word ‘Bushman’ derives from the Middle-Dutch ‘bosjesman’, with the meaning of ‘savage, half-human’ – (Woordeboek van die Nederlandse Taal, Juta Publishers, 1902).“BOSCHJESMEN”Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, Eerste Stuk, Eerste Deel, Muller en Kluyver (reds), Juta 1902, p. 655[my translation(s) follow in square

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