Willem Botha may refer to:
Pieter Willem Botha, was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989.
The following lists events that happened during 1989 in South Africa.
Botha is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the Friso-Saxon Both. It was brought to South Africa in 1678 by Frederich Botha.
Peeters is a Dutch-language patronymic surname, equivalent to Peters. It is the most common surname in Belgium, and is particularly common in the province of Antwerp, but also in Flemish Brabant and Belgian Limburg. Notable people with the surname include:
Willem is a Dutch and West Frisian masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim.
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Henderson may refer to:
Willem "Willie" Christiaan Botha was a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Petrusburg.
Piet is a masculine given name derived from Petrus. It is a common Dutch and South African names, the latter because of Dutch emigration. Notable people with the name include:
Anna Elizabeth Botha was the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Pieter Willem Botha, from 1984 to 1989. From 1978 to 1984 Botha served as Prime Minister of South Africa.
Willem (Willie) Abraham van Niekerk was a South African physician, professor, and politician. Van Niekerk was Minister of Health in the government of P. W. Botha from 1985 to 1989 and Administrator-General of South West Africa from 1983 to 1985. He specialized in cytogenetics, cell biology, gynecology, and obstetrics.
Roelof is a given name, the Dutch cognate of Rudolph. Notable people with the name include:
Willem Botha is a South African singer, actor and music producer from Riversdale, Western Cape. He was the runner-up of Afrikaanse Idols reality music programme and predominantly performs Afrikaans language songs.
Willem du Plessis is a former South African rugby union player.
Christiaan Botha was a younger brother of Louis Botha (1862–1919) and Philip Botha (1851-1901), but an older brother of Theunis Jacobus Botha (1867-1930), and likewise a Boer general in the Second Boer War (1899–1902) who then both fought the British to the end.
Willem Adriaan Odendaal may refer to:
Willem Abraham Botha is a retired South African politician who represented the Freedom Front (FF) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. He was elected in the 1994 general election as one of the party's nine representatives in the assembly.
Willem Jacobus "Willie" Botha is a retired South African politician who represented the Freedom Front in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. He was elected in the 1994 general election, and though he stood for re-election in 1999, he was ranked seventh on the Freedom Front's national party list and therefore failed to gain re-election.