Roelof Frederik (Pik) Botha

NB: Not to be confused with P W Botha the State President!

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“The Decoration for Meritorious Services (DMS) was an honour conferred until 1986, by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, usually for political services to the country. The appointments were made by the State President of South Africa.”

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pik_Botha

Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, DMS (born 27 April 1932) is a former politician from South Africa who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era. He was considered a liberal – at least in comparison to others in the ruling National Party and among the Afrikaner community – but the bulk of his career was spent defending South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation against foreign criticism.

He is not related to the late P. W. Botha, the contemporary National Party politician under whom he served as South Africa's foreign minister.

Botha was nicknamed 'Pik' (short for pikkewyn, Afrikaans for 'penguin') because of a perceived likeness to a penguin in his stance, accentuated when he wore a suit. He has two sons, the rock musician Piet Botha and the economist, Roelof Botha, and two daughters, Anna Hertzog and artist Lien Botha. His grandson is Roelof Botha, former CFO of PayPal.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner_Broederbond

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pik_Botha

https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv0242...

https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/roelof-frederik-pik-botha

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/pik-botha-obituary-so...