Pieter Willem Botha was born on Jan. 12 , 1916 , in the Orange Free State to a Afrikaner farm family with deep roots in southern Africa 's '' White Tribe '' -- descendants of mainly Dutch settlers who had been living on the continent 's southern tip for more than three centuries .
Pieter Willem Botha /people/person/place_of_birth Orange Free State
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