Wiki wrote:Pieter Willem Botha (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), commonly known as "P. W." and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for "The Big Crocodile"), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989.
Botha was a long-time leader of South Africa's National Party and a staunch advocate of the apartheid system although, while in power, he did make some small concessions towards human rights.
Early in 1998, when Botha refused to testify at the Mandela government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he was supported by the far right-wing Conservative Party in his refusal but was fined and given a suspended jail sentence later that year.
P W Botha was not related to contemporary National Party politician Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, who served as apartheid South Africa's foreign minister.
Bad egg, indeed..
Or at least, not a very friendly one.