The prime minister of South Africa was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.
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The first Prime Minister of South Africa, Louis Botha (sitting at the centre of the desk), with his 1st Cabinet, 1910.
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P. W. Botha
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Pieter Willem Botha, was a South African politician who served as the last Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and as the first executive State President of South Africa from 1984 until h
Prime Minister of South Africa
…after a new constitution was adopted – effectively merging the role of Prime Minister and State President. The last Prime Minister of South Africa, P. W. Botha, became the first executive State President after the constitutional reform in 1984 after Marais Viljoen's retirement. In post-apartheid South Africa…
Botha in 1962
Botha inspects the guard of honour with General Constand Viljoen in 1984.
Botha and his wife Elize greeting South African children in 1989.
Apartheid signs trainstation