President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President.

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, August 10). President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089741

South African History Online (2012) 'President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President.', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089741 (Accessed: 27 July 2026).

South African History Online, President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089741, (accessed 27 July 2026).

"President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President.." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089741. Accessed 27 July 2026.

South African History Online. "President Pieter Willem Botha resigns as South Africa’s State President.." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089741.