Stoffel Botha
- April 18, 1998
- 69 years
- heart attack
About Stoffel Botha
Stoffel Botha was a notable figure. Botha died in 1998 at the age of 69.
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|Jan Christoffel Greyling "Stoffel" Botha (1929–1998) was a South African lawyer and politician. He was a member of the National Party, served as member of Parliament (elected representative of the Eshowe constituency in 1974), administrator of Natal Province (1979–1984), Minister of Home Affairs (1985–1989) in the P.W. Botha government.
A lawyer by profession, he began his professional career in Johannesburg before starting a political career.
He was appointed administrator of the Natal province in 1979. He was the provincial head of the National Party when State President P.W. Botha named him to the government in 1984 first as Minister of Education, then as Minister of Home Affairs and later the Post and Telecommunications portfolio was added to his duties.
In 1989, he announced his retirement from political life for health reasons and, despite bypass surgery, he died of heart failure at age 69 in 1998.
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