Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM NMFPC-1.1.3.4
Title
Nelson Mandela and P.W. Botha's secret meeting, South Africa: [Still image]
Date(s)
- 1989-07-05 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
1 x Still Image (.JPEG)
Colour Image
Colour Image
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ehlers played a prominent position in the former apartheid government and was a private secretary to the former President PW Botha. He is a former navy commodore at South African embassy in Paris, and a former Director of the GMR group. He is a cousin of former NIS Director Neil Barnard, an international arms trader and at least up to 1995 also as the honorary consul for Colombia in Pretoria. He was married to Larraine Eksteen. Ehlers father in law lost his coal mine 'Rusplaas Steenskool' to his son Burtie and Burtie sold the assets to Jose Holgado.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Ters Ehlers to the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Nelson Mandela's secret meeting with President P.W. Botha. From l to r: General Williamsen, Nelson Mandela, Neil Barnard, Pres. Botha and Kobie Coetsee. Only photograph of the meeting that took place on 5 July 1989. Other people in the photo are General Johan Willemse (Commissioner of Prisons), Niel Barnard (Head of National Intelligence), and Hendrik "Kobie" Coetsee (Minister of Justice).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original Digital Photo Taxonomy: 1.1.3.4
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access by permission of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Some materials may contain personal or confidential information. Access to these materials may be restricted as stipulated by legislation, Archives policy, or the donor. Please consult the archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Not copyrighted to the NMF but permission granted to use for NMF purposes only. External reproduction with express permission of the copyright holder. ©Ters Ehlers. Upon written approval, collection item(s) can only be used once for the purpose stated and approved in request. Collection item should not be shared with third parties nor commercially or personally archived. Copyright and source credits must be cited when exhibiting/publishing and additionally embedded for online use.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
JPEG File on a CD
Finding aids
NMF Digital Photo Inventory
NMF Digital Photo Taxonomy
NMF Digital Photo Taxonomy
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
NMF Archive
CD #0197
CD #0197
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession number NMFP 2009/78
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (Subject)
- Botha, Pieter Willem (Subject)
- Coetsee, Hendrick Jacobus (Subject)
- Williamsen, General (Subject)
- Barnard, Niël (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
1
Institution identifier
ZA COM NMFPC
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Description prepared on 07 September 2016 by Myeka, Zandile