South Africa - Botha trial

(16 Apr 1998) T/I: 10:56:09
Former South African President PW Botha on Thursday (16/4) attacked the decision by magistrate Victor Lugaju to postpone his trial until June 1.
Botha is charged with contempt of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) after ignoring a subpoena to appear before the truth panel at a public hearing in December.
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GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA 16/04
Security outside court;
Botha leaving court;
Botha walking out of house;
SOT Botha in English: "This country is in confusion. Go and ask the citizens of this country and they will tell you that they are not satisfied with what is going on at all levels of government. And it is a lovely country full of hope. And I hope that justice will prevail. I am the accused and I have the right to be proteted by the court .. but untested accusations have been made by a witness without being cross examined. While he's untested evidence was distributed right through the world. I saw it on television. Now I say it is my right as a citizen of South Africa that my law advisers shall continue to cross examine the witness as well as the chairman of the commission Bishop Tutu and that he shall also appear before court to be cross examined. I had an opportunity in my office to tell my Mandela, but apparently he
is a captive of the cabal and a captive of interests which he cannot escape. He is a decoy dove, We all know what a decoy dove is. That is what he is. ... because they want to destroy the image and through me to humiliate my people and to humiliate."
Botha walking away;
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[@oralminyi9826]

I can hear, there were still trains functioning in South African then.

[@jecrispy8217]

😂😂😂

[@mss111]

They still function

[@Arnz01]

I tried watching this, but Eskom's load-shedding kicked in. Botha was right.

[@MbuleloDyakop-ik7zx]

Yhaaaa because electricity was for whites only

[@philiptheunismuller6165]

Botha was best, if he still ruled,south africa would not be ruined like the anc did now,our country is on the brink of collapse

[@mss111]

Was also on the brink of collapse back then

[@AuntyRaeClips]

​@mss111 no it wasn't

[@Buceesfanmaarten]

Turns out he was right all along.

[@mss111]

In what way

[@charlesmahlangu6528]

I'm worried about the Cabal that kept Mr Mandela and what are those interests that he can't escape from?????

[@sariestrydom2796]

He was a 100% man I loved him for being a strait forward man.rest in peace 😢

[@savitar_splicer]

My grandparents told me that Bothas nick name was crocodile

[@prikov1]

Groot krokodil..

[@rethabilelerata2364]

But what he said about Mandela really needs attention I mean which cabal ?

[@Arnz01]

I think it's clear when you look at the ANC as a whole? Look at Russia. Look at the ANC. Look at South Africa. Dig deeper.

[@Hrodwulf9]

My dear the cabal being the ones who decide what hapens in this world, the ones who control us all

[@mshengumagwaza7034]

The cabal involving The Stellenbosch Mafia and the United States

[@stacey-leewillemse1504]

The illuminati. The true reason the world was so invested in ending Apartheid was sadly not to help Africans. It was to take over & destroy nationalist South Africa and make it part of the globalist New World Order by using decoy doves (pretend presidents, like Nelson Mandela who actually answered to overseas higher-ups).

[@bonanibob5657]

His communist overlords and controllers of finance capital.

[@mariushildebrand7633]

Die laaste regte Staatsman wat Suid Africa ooit gehaad het. Ek wag en wil sien Wie by Oom PW Botha kan kers op steek. En dit sal nie maklik gebeer nie. Ons verlang jou Oom PW.

[@deadpool113]

You're ashaming yourself and your language. Everyone is seeking justice and unity over the race and ethnicity. Some whites are agonized bcuz of the people who call them as previleged outsiders or collaborators of apartheid. Shame on you.

[@a.b3203]

@@deadpool113 I wish I lived in 1960s South Africa

[@renierlombard5758]

Praat ons taal my vriend. Ek mis hom ook.

[@renierlombard5758]

@@deadpool113 yeah yeah that is old news. Bring something fresh to the desk, as we sit without electricity thanks to the new government.

[@rynhardtvanrensburg2187]

Se my hoeveel goud, diamante en minerale rykdom is gesteel die afgelope 124 jaar en ek se jou wat Suid- Afrika is!!!! Ek is geen bewonderaar van enige politici nie! Boermense en talle burgers nog steeds nie vry nie!!!!

[@SLICKFALCON]

Ek mis jou PW Botha

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Malema is the new PW, so no need to miss him. He has come back as Julius to give you a taste of your own medicine.

[@SLICKFALCON]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior Nah if Julius wad the new Bw then thre eff woupd have had their own nuclear program by now

[@mziyandermanyonta1270]

Poes gemis

[@andrewdutoit9571]

​@@angrysocialjusticewarrior You've been hoodwink, what PW stood for was that every Tribe was given an equal chance. The reason the Majority was behind is that they were mainly in the Rural Areas. That wasn't by White design, we only declared areas as Homelands as that tribe was the Majority there. Group Areas was declared to protect the White Culture as the infrastructure in those areas couldn't support an invasion from the Rural areas. Look at the vast squatter city's and the unemployment, that's what we tried to prevent.

[@Helgardt6189]

Ek ook.

[@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial]

Botha did nothing wrong.

[@stonynotdusty]

Stupidity is rife in your statement. He ordered the killing of thousands!

[@andrewdutoit9571]

​@@stonynotdusty Wrong, more people are murdered today in one year than all the Apartheid years combined. GOOGLE it under the Government Statistics, it's all there.

[@vanzylbooysen4826]

A man among men. Staan sterk Mr Botha

[@khethangcobo8898]

It's better not to appear before the trc rather than to go and tell lies

[@susanm8669]

Very few people told the truth at the TRC. There was no truth and little to no reconciliation. A group of ex-cadres wanted to sue the ANC for the torture they were forced to endure in the camps across Africa but were barred from voicing their complaints and totally ignored by Mandela.

[@user-ml1zk1ws1y]

Look where SA have gone at the date of this video untill now.... Shame on you !!!!

[@mss111]

Please it was worse under the national party before the end of apartheid

[@user-ml1zk1ws1y]

@@mss111 BS

[@mss111]

Maybe do some reading and you will know the south african economy got way better after 1994 and during mbeki's time also ask yourself why a lot of the white people who left after 1994 went back

[@user-ml1zk1ws1y]

You don't have a clue what you are talking about. The economy and services by the government is the worst ever. Look for reading sources that give the truth.

[@bonanibob5657]

​@@mss111 Mbeki term was the worst, the implementation of the structural adjustment program of the IMF which led to the destruction of the public sector by constant and unnecessary privatization so that his crooks and finance capital could get tenders. These fools had nothing to do with a ordinary black south africans most of them grew up in these backward african countries in exile one day the truth shall be known. Black south africans are worse off than they were prior 1994

[@johanneswagenaar4268]

Ja en nou is dit swart Apartheid die enigste woord wat hulle gebruik as n verskoning die swart regering is ver erger as die NP regering klomp diewe Al's is in sy moer in deur al die korupsie en gestelery ten minste het die NP die land reg regeer soos my wyle Oupa altyd gese het gee hom jou pinkie en dan word jy heel ingesluk ten minste maak n Boer n plan al was daar nooit Apartheid nie sal ons nog steeds die selfde probleem gehad het Pw jy was reg due land is nou n ramp status die wereld lag wat nou aan gaan steel breek af en brand af is in hulke kultuur niks gaan out beter word nie lyk my hulle is kwaad vir hulle self soos hulle in Engels se joloysy makes you nasty 😅

[@acid823]

There is still a sort of segregation, however it is not imposed by law. Which means in a nutshell (and we both believe the same) that different cultures cannot get along. There is no such thing as integration and mutual understanding. I think De klerk didn't change his mind when he got to power back in 1989 ,he just followed imposed orders from high. He was a staunch proponet of status quo, but the cold war came to an end, and the international communty imposed sanctions and so on leading to a dramatic change.

[@acid823]

I guess the afrikaners should have kept power, but outlawing apartheid. By doing so, the country wouldn't have fallen apart and people stayed their own way in their own communities and all that follows. The big mistake was granting power to local bantus who are mostly corrupt and incompetent.

[@jeremynaidoo3245]

Man makes sense 🤔

[@sean7173]

you can't put a better bit of botha on your knife, hey!

[@redword2007]

Pure evil.

[@redword2007]

Mass murder, racial supremacy and widespread detention and torture, you may not consider them evil, but that says more about you than is does about apartheid.

[@TBOTSS]

@@redword2007 "Mass murder, racial supremacy and widespread detention and torture" I think you are talking about the ANC.

[@crunchkarma4907]

Chanting ANC while the rand vs dollar was R3, today its R18, our Presidents cant read, a single one wiping out a third of R4trillion GDP in under 10 years, claim vinegar showers cure AIDS, our ministers claim on live television Settlers arrived in SA 2000 years ago, while Jesus did hes thing,

[@defaultsettings63]

He bombed our capital in 1985 and 1986 because of our support for South African liberation movements. He made all kinds of threats to my country (Botswana) to try to force us to give him support on the world stage. One thing about international pariahs is that they crave moral legitimacy. I'm sure he and his government would have loved to point at us and say "see, even the blacks support us!" But that's one thing we were never, ever going to give them, and never did.

[@Helgardt6189]

A powerfull leader.

[@MrMalimaali]

I amgine the kind of country we would have if Apartheid never happen, if we had a country where all its citizens were free and had access to equal opportunities regardless of whatever race you are equal before the law equal education, and no racism

[@theoholmes8471]

We did. In the past.

[@xolani3833]

@@theoholmes8471 speak for yourselves please

[@xolani3833]

It was not gonna happen with devil's thinks all goods things for the white people they should have learned a lesson from Nazi German 1945 but stupidos continued

[@theoholmes8471]

@@xolani3833 I do IDIOT. We all can only speak for ourselves FOOL. It's 2022 and you still a blind primitive follower i see. Must be your in your genesto follow and never lead.

[@King_the_gr8]

I agree. our souls should be seen and not the colour of our skin.

[@nhlanhlakhumalo4793]

Botha you're the true monster of all time

[@nicholastaylorson]

The monsters rule you now but you're too asleep to realize it. This is a good man .

[@johnnyscifi]

Verwoerd is even worse...

[@johfu4705]

Botha was a great man who acted with integrity until his death, unfortunately we don’t have politicians like that anymore

[@Arnz01]

I'd take this man tenfold over the current cunts running South Africrap.

[@518liam]

Are you TRULY HAPPY with South Africa today?

[@heinfourie6338]

True leader pw botha wish can cone back did not take shit

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Just like Malema. True leader

[@wisemanmhlanga8832]

Not in our time.. our father's were fools... we can wipe all his race in no time... no one can bullshits us now

[@andrewdutoit9571]

​@@wisemanmhlanga8832 Use you interlect and go read the real history of South Africa. Your people were beaten on the Battlefield period. How else could we have run the Country?

[@ratshibvumoaubsabzara8091]

Botha my ass

[@stonynotdusty]

My parents told me what a horrible man he was... They are white South Africans.

[@susanm8669]

Having lived there under his presidency, although not South African, I can say he was no saint but he had the best interests of the country at heart. Your parents are certainly welcome to their opinion and it was shared by many. One colleague (white South African of a certain ethnicity)who was very vocal in this regard went on to vote for the ANC while planning their family's escape to the UK. Quite happy to leave those who had no hope of getting out to live under communists but not prepared to do so themselves. Early versions of the woke.

[@andrewdutoit9571]

​@@susanm8669 Those people you know were more than likely 1st or 2nd generation White Europeans, they were not White Africans as if your History is here for many generations, you can't leave as the graves of your Ancestors are here.

[@susanm8669]

@@andrewdutoit9571 Those people considered themselves Jooish communists, not first generation but in conversation South African was never top of the list.

[@Scientist1994]

​And this why South Africa will never have a white president again ​@@susanm8669

[@tloutlou2655]

Hey old Dutchman

[@caedmonnoeske3931]

Afrikaner

[@tloutlou2655]

@@caedmonnoeske3931 European Dutchman

[@bongenisali9280]

Decoy dav

[@theoholmes8471]

All the Black leaders were sellouts. The old white government was better.

[@rasfuture8162]

Botha the mosquito

[@crunchkarma4907]

Alright, pack your bags, and move back into your straw hut

[@crunchkarma4907]

izilwane zingezasendle

[@Helgardt6189]

No you are wrong.He was called the big crocodile.

[@davidmoloi3810]

Oh... To humiliate his people... Ok

[@janlettinga6376]

Präsident Botha hat so was von recht bekommen

[@TheSwanepoelmj]

Fok my. Alles wat hy gese het, het waar geword

[@izzygalela7984]

Discrimination on the base of skin colour and God!!!😂😂😂 If there isn a God, who should be laughing at this man.

[@andrewdutoit9571]

@IZZY GALELA Apartheid was only introduced to protect the White Culture. If you look at our History from that angle it'll make sense to you. If you look at Johannesburg today you'll see what I mean because Modern Society is not their Culture. Just look what has happened to all Public Businesses, Munisipality's and Social Infrastructure are all bunkrupted.

[@norman8125]

Botha was a great man who ruled a great country. The ANC ruined SA.