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Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges

Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges

Date
23 Feb 1998
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges

Former South African President P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. Botha had incurred the charges after he had dishonoured the subpoenas issued to him to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the body created to grant amnesty to people who had committed political crimes during the apartheid era. Botha plead not guilty to the charges. Judge Laguju set the trial date for April 14.

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  1. 01Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for February 1998, p. 42051.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013351

South African History Online (2011) 'Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013351 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013351, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013351. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Botha pleads not guilty to contempt charges." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013351.

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