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General Louis Botha dies

Botha

Date
27 Aug 1919
Updated
26 Aug 2022
Botha

General Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The heart failure was preceded by a cold that had developed into pneumonia while on his farm Rusthof. Very ill, he returned to his home in Pretoria where he died. He was buried in the Rebecca Street cemetery in Pretoria on 30 August.

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  1. 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p, 453.
  2. 02Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.

Last updated · 26 Aug 2022

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). General Louis Botha dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011412

South African History Online (2011) 'General Louis Botha dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011412 (Accessed: 18 August 2026).

South African History Online, General Louis Botha dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011412, (accessed 18 August 2026).

"General Louis Botha dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011412. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "General Louis Botha dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011412.

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