LETTER: Hail Louis Botha, founder of a united SA
Statesman should be lauded for his role in creating one country out of four territories
30 August 2019 - 05:00
There was no wreath laid on August 29 at either of the statues of farmer, warrior and statesman Louis Botha. But there should have been.
The date marked 100 years since the last day on earth of a celebrated and powerful statesman who influenced the way all South Africans live today by uniting four disparate territories — the Transvaal Republic, Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Colony — into one country...
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