Sister Soffie,
If this was indeed from Mr. Botha (yo which I have my doubts),  lets 
treat it as is- the confessions of an Apartheid leader. Sadly, a true 
confession often says it all "leaving leave nothing back". Given that 
the man lived his last days a very broken,  bankrupt  and a very sad 
man. Not only did he failed to safe his "noble"  but failed cause- 
apartheid, he died in shame  aka "nyaka jum"  (excuse my words) and in 
seclusion ( a vertual prisoner in his home, who could not be proud of 
his life's work). In other words a loser!! So I say lets thank him for 
making the world see the very ugly side of the system he worked so hard 
to build and defend. I think we should be thankful that people like 
President Mandela lived long enough to have the last say.

Malanding

Ceesay, Soffie wrote:

>I have never read or heard this speech before today and having done so,
>I am left feeling sick to my stomach.  Has anyone on this list read or
>heard this before. 
>Soffie
>Forwarded Message----- 
>From: eric ntabe 
>Sent: Nov 1, 2006 7:01 AM 
>To: boba-list@yahoogrou ps.com 
>Subject: [boba-list] Botha's speech (1985) 
>The following is a speech made by former South African President P.W.
>Botha to his Cabinet in 1985. The reprint was written by David G. Mailu
>for the Sunday Times, a South African newspaper, dated August 18, 1985.
>Read it carefully and take a close look at yourself. 
>
>"Pretoria has been made by the White mind for the White man. We are not
>obliged even the least to try to prove to anybody and to the Blacks that
>we are superior people. We have demonstrated that to the Blacks in a
>thousand and one ways. The Republic of
>South Africa that we know of today has not been created by wishful
>thinking. We have created it at the expense of intelligence, sweat and
>blood. Were they Afrikaners who tried to eliminate the Australian
>Aborigines? Are they Afrikaners who discriminate against Blacks and call
>them Niggers in the States? Were they Afrikaners who started the slave
>trade? Where is the Black man appreciated? England discriminates against
>its Blacks and their "Sus" law is out to discipline them. Canada,
>France, Russia and Japan all play their discrimination too. Why the hell
>then is so much noise made about us? Why are they biased against us? I
>am simply trying to prove to you all that there is nothing unusual we
>are doing that the so called civilized worlds are not doing. We are
>simply an honest people who have come out aloud with a clear philosophy
>of how we want to
>live our own White life.
>
>We do not pretend like other Whites that we like Blacks. The fact that
>Blacks look like human beings and act like human beings does not
>necessarily make them sensible humans. Hedgehogs are not porcupines and
>lizards are not crocodiles simply because they look alike. If God wanted
>us to be equal to the Blacks, he would have created us all of a uniform
>colour and intellect. But he created us differently: Whites, Blacks,
>Yellow, Rulers and the ruled. Intellectually, we are superior to the
>Blacks; that has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt over the years.
>I believe that the Afrikaner is an honest, God fearing person, who has
>demonstrated practically the right way of being. Nevertheless, it is
>comforting to know that behind the scenes, Europe, America, Canada,
>Australia and all others are behind us in spite of what they say. To
>prove my point, Comrades, does anyone of you know a White country
>without an investment or interest in South Africa? Who buys our gold?
>Who buys our diamond? Who trades with us? Who is helping us develop our
>nuclear weapon? The very truth is that we are their people and they are
>our people. It's a big secret. The strength of our economy is backed by
>America, Britain and Germany. It is our strong conviction therefore,
>that the Black is the raw material for the White man. So Brothers and
>Sisters, let us join hands together to fight this Black devil.
>
>I appeal to all Afrikaners to come out with any creative means of
>fighting this war. Surely God cannot forsake his own people whom we are.
>By now every one of us has seen it practically that the Blacks cannot
>rule themselves. Give them guns and they will kill
>each other. They are good in nothing else but making noise, dancing,
>marrying many wives and indulging in sex. Let us all accept that the
>Black man is the symbol of poverty, mental inferiority, laziness and
>emotional incompetence. Isn't it plausible? The White
>man is created to rule the Black man. Come to think of what would happen
>one day if you woke up and on the throne sat a Kaffir! Can you imagine
>what would happen to our women? Does anyone of you believe that the
>Blacks can rule this country?
>
>Hence, we have good reasons to let them all the Mandelas rot in prison,
>and I think we should be commended for having kept them alive in spite
>of what we have at hand with which to finish them off. I wish to
>announce a number of new strategies that should be
>put to use to destroy this Black bug. We should now make use of the
>chemical weapon. Priority number one, we should not by all means allow
>any more increases of the Black population lest we be choked very soon.
>I have exciting news that our scientists have come with an efficient
>stuff. I am sending out more researchers to the field to identify as
>many venues as possible where the chemical weapons could be employed to
>combat any further population increases. The hospital is a very
>strategic opening and should be fully utilized. The food supply channel
>should be used. We have enveloped excellent slow killing poisons and
>fertility destroyers. Our only fear is in case such stuff came into
>their hands as they are bound to start using against us if you care to
>think of the many Blacks working for us in our homes. 
>
>However, we are doing the best we can to make sure that the stuff
>remains strictly in our hands.  Secondly, most Blacks are vulnerable to
>money inducements. I have set aside a special fund to exploit this
>venue. The old trick of divide and rule is still very valid today. Our
>experts should work day and night to set the Black man against his
>fellowman.  His inferior sense of morals can be exploited beautifully.
>And here is a creature that lacks foresight. There is a need for us to
>combat him in long term projections that he cannot suspect. The average
>Black does not plan his life beyond a year: that stance, for example,
>should be exploited. My special department is already working round the
>clock to come out with a long-term operation blueprint. I am also
>sending a special request to all Afrikaner mothers to double their birth
>rate. It may be necessary too to set up a population boom industry by
>putting up centres where we employ and support fully White young men and
>women to produce children for the nation. We are also investigating the
>merit of uterus rentals as a possible means of speeding up the growth of
>our population through surrogate mothers.
>
>For the time being, we should also engage a higher gear to make sure
>that Black men are separated from their women and fines imposed upon
>married wives who bear illegitimate children. 
>
>I have a committee working on finding better methods of inciting Blacks
>against each other and encouraging murders among themselves. Murder
>cases among Blacks should bear very little punishment in order to
>encourage them.
>
>My scientists have come up with a drug that could be smuggled into their
>brews to effect slow poisoning results and fertility destruction.
>Working through drinks and manufacturing of soft drinks geared to the
>Blacks, could promote the channels of reducing their population. Ours is
>not a war that we can use the atomic bomb to destroy the Blacks, so we
>must use our intelligence to effect this. The person-to-person encounter
>can be very effective.
>
>As the records show that the Black man is dying to go to bed with the
>White woman, here is our unique opportunity. Our Sex Mercenary Squad
>should go out and camouflage with Apartheid Fighters while doing their
>operations quietly administering slow killing poison and fertility
>destroyers to those Blacks they thus befriend. 
>
>We are modifying the Sex Mercenary Squad by introducing White men who
>should go for the militant Black woman and any other vulnerable Black
>woman. We have received a new supply of prostitutes from Europe and
>America who are desperate and too keen to take up the appointments.
>
>My latest appeal is that the maternity hospital operations should be
>intensified. We are not paying those people to help bring Black babies
>to this world but to eliminate them on the very delivery moment. If this
>department worked very efficiently, a great deal could be achieved.
>
>My Government has set aside a special fund for erecting more covert
>hospitals and clinics to promote this programme. Money can do anything
>for you. So while we have it, we should make the best use of it. In the
>meantime my beloved White citizens, do not take
>to heart what the world says, and don't be ashamed of being called
>racists. I do not mind being called the architect and King of Apartheid.
>I shall not become a monkey simply because someone has called me a
>monkey. 
>
>I will still remain your bright star...His Excellency
>
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