P. W. Botha Quote

Lord Milner had, in the forced Peace of Vereeniging ensured that there was to be no franchise for black people after the introduction of self-government - which was never intended. It was only after half a century that an Afrikaner government started doing something about black rights.

As state president, unveiling a monument to Boer War victims at Delareyville, 10 October 1985, as cited in Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, PW Botha in his own words, p. 34