# Botha
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'''Botha''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ʊər|t|ə}} in non-rhotic dialects of English, {{IPA|af|ˈbuəta}}) is a common [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans) [surname](/source/surname), derived from the [East Frisian Low Saxon](/source/East_Frisian_Low_Saxon) ''[Both](/source/Both_(surname))''. It was brought to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) in 1678 by Frederich Botha.[{{cite web|url=http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g7/p7773.htm |title=First Fifty Years – a project collating Cape of Good Hope records – Frederich Both |website=E-family.co.za |date=2016-08-20 |accessdate=2016-09-25}}]{{better source needed|date=April 2018}}
The progenitors of the extended clan were Maria Kickers, her first partner Ferdinandùs Appel, and her later husband Frederich Botha.[{{cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Maria-Kickers/4705796237050024653 |title=Maria Kickers, SM/PROG (1655–1723) – Genealogy |website=Geni.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-25}}]
==Descendants of Ferdinandùs Appel==
Prior to her marriage to Frederich Botha, Maria Kickers had an out-of-wedlock child fathered by Ferdinandùs Appel, another Hollander from an Amsterdam family.[{{cite web |url=http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/32007/Greeff_Appel%282013%29.pdf?sequence=1 |format=PDF |title= Appel Botha Cornelitz : the abc of a three hundred year old divorce case |author1= Jaco M. Greeff |author2= J. Christoff Erasmus |website= Repository.up.ca.za |accessdate= 2016-09-25}}] and include:
===Artists, artisans and businesspeople ===
* [Danila Botha](/source/Danila_Botha) (born 1982), South African-born Canadian novelist
* [Hannah Botha](/source/Hannah_Botha) (1923–2007), South African actress
* [Johan Botha (tenor)](/source/Johan_Botha_(tenor)) (1965–2016), opera singer
* [Leon Botha](/source/Leon_Botha) (1985–2011), South African artist and progeria victim
* [Mike Botha](/source/Mike_Botha) (born 1947), South African-born master diamond cutter
* [Piet Botha](/source/Piet_Botha_(musician)) (1955–2019), South African rock musician
* [Roelof Botha](/source/Roelof_Botha) (born 1973), South African actuary, former PayPal chief financial officer
* [Willem Botha](/source/Willem_Botha) (born 1987), South African singer and actor
===Politicians, civil servants, and activists===
* [Andries Botha](/source/Andries_Botha_(soldier)) (19th century), Khoikhoi leader in the Cape Colony
* [Annie Botha](/source/Annie_Botha) (1864–1937), wife of the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
* [Chris Botha](/source/Chris_Botha) (1864–1902), head of police and Boer War general, younger brother of [Louis Botha](/source/Louis_Botha)
* [Cornelius Botha](/source/Cornelius_Botha) (1932–2014), South African politician
* [Philip Botha](/source/Philip_Botha) (1851–1901), Boer War general, older brother of Louis Botha
* [Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha](/source/Pik_Botha) (1932–2018), South African politician and diplomat
* [Sandra Botha](/source/Sandra_Botha) (born 1945), South African diplomat and ambassador
* [Stoffel Botha](/source/Stoffel_Botha) (1929–1998), South African politician
* [Theo Botha](/source/Theo_Botha) (born 1960), South African shareholder activist
* [Thozamile Botha](/source/Thozamile_Botha) (born 1948), South African politician
===Rugby players===
* [Arno Botha](/source/Arno_Botha) (born 1991), South African rugby player
* [Bernado Botha](/source/Bernado_Botha) (born 1988), South African rugby player
* [Brendon James Botha](/source/BJ_Botha) (born 1980), South African rugby player
* [Chrysander Botha](/source/Chrysander_Botha) (born 1988), Namibian rugby player
* [Daniel Botha](/source/Daniel_Botha) (born 2001), Australian rugby union player
* [Dolph Botha](/source/Dolph_Botha) (Philip Rudolph, born 1993), South African rugby player
* [Gary Botha](/source/Gary_Botha) (born 1981), South African rugby player
* [Hendrik Egnatius "Naas" Botha](/source/Naas_Botha) (born 1958), South African rugby player
* [John Philip "Bakkies" Botha](/source/Bakkies_Botha) (born 1979), South African rugby player
* [Mouritz Botha](/source/Mouritz_Botha) (born 1982), South African rugby player
* [Ruan Botha](/source/Ruan_Botha) (born 1992), South African rugby player
* [Tom Botha](/source/Tom_Botha) (born 1990), South African rugby player
===Cricketers===
* [Andre Botha (cricketer)](/source/Andre_Botha_(cricketer)) (born 1975), South African-born Irish cricketer
* [Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha](/source/Ant_Botha) (born 1976), South African cricketer
* [Beverly Botha](/source/Beverly_Botha) (born 1953), South African female cricketer
* [Dawid Botha](/source/Dawid_Botha) (born 1988), Namibian cricketer
* [Dewald Botha](/source/Dewald_Botha) (born 1991), South African cricketer
* [Johan Botha (cricketer)](/source/Johan_Botha_(cricketer)) (born 1982), South African-born Australian cricketer
===Other sportspersons===
* [Adriaan Botha (sprinter)](/source/Adriaan_Botha_(sprinter)) (born 1977), South African sprinter
* [Andre Botha (bodyboarder)](/source/Andre_Botha_(bodyboarder)) (born 1980), South African bodyboarder
* [Bryony Botha](/source/Bryony_Botha) (born 1997), New Zealand cyclist
* [Francois Botha](/source/Francois_Botha) (born 1968), South African boxer
* [Heidi Botha](/source/Heidi_Botha) (born 1968), South African fencer
* [Johan Botha (athlete)](/source/Johan_Botha_(athlete)) (born 1974), South African middle-distance runner
* [Lukas "Luki" Botha](/source/Luki_Botha) (1930–2006), South African Formula One driver
* [Riaan Botha](/source/Riaan_Botha) (born 1970), South African pole vaulter
* [Tyler Botha](/source/Tyler_Botha) (born 1980), South African skeleton racer
* [Wendy Botha](/source/Wendy_Botha) (born 1965), South African-born Australian surfer
==Other uses==
* Botha, village in the [Lundazi](/source/Lundazi) district in Eastern Province, Zambia
* [1354 Botha](/source/1354_Botha), asteroid
* [Anna Elizabeth Botha](/source/Anna_Elizabeth_Botha) (née ''Rossouw'', 1922–1997), former South African first lady
* [Blackburn Botha](/source/Blackburn_Botha), Royal Air Force reconnaissance aircraft
* [Botha, Alberta](/source/Botha%2C_Alberta), Canadian settlement in Alberta
* [Botha Sigcau](/source/Botha_Sigcau) (died 1978), former President of Transkei
* [Botha's Hill](/source/Botha's_Hill), South African settlement in KwaZulu-Natal
* [Botha's lark](/source/Botha's_lark) (''Spizocorys fringillaris''), a South African lark
* Gunther Botha, South African mercenary in Matthew Reilly's ''[Area 7](/source/Area_7_(novel))''
* Jaapie Botha, fictional South African Police officer in the film ''[The Power of One](/source/The_Power_of_One_(film))''
* Karl Botha, fictional counterfeiter from [Pepetela](/source/Pepetela)'s novels
* [Louis Botha Avenue](/source/Louis_Botha_Avenue), Johannesburg street
* Mutro Botha, assassin in the television series ''[Batman Beyond](/source/Batman_Beyond)''
* [Regiment Botha](/source/Regiment_Botha), South African Army unit
* SATS [''General Botha''](/source/HMS_Thames_(1885)), South African warship
* [Bothanomics](/source/Bothanomics), program of economic reform of the then South African state president Pieter Willem Botha
* [Bothasig](/source/Bothasig), northern suburb of Cape Town
* [Bothaville](/source/Bothaville), town in the north-west of the Free State
==References==
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