In intense discussions that took place within the NP leadership during the 1980s, Pik Botha was a prominent and consistent advocate of reform, constitutional negotiations and the release of Nelson ...

[10] P W Botha conceded these costs when telling parliament in April 1986 that ‘between 1973 and 1984 the Republic of South Africa had to pay R22 billion ($25 billion) more than it would normally have ...