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BBC: Former South Africa leader dies (PW Botha)

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 20:42 GMT

Former South Africa leader dies

Former South African President PW Botha has died at his home in the Western
Cape on Tuesday at the age of 90, South Africa's SAPA news agency says.

Mr Botha died peacefully, said a member of his security staff, Frikkie Lucas.

Nicknamed the "Groot Krokodil" - Afrikaans for the "Great Crocodile" - Mr Botha
led white minority rule of the nation between 1978 and 1989.

He was succeeded by South Africa's last white President, FW de Klerk, who led
the country to multi-racial elections.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6104332.stm

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