After a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stroke">stroke</a> two weeks previously, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of South Africa">South African President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._W._Botha" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="P. W. Botha">P. W. Botha</a> resigns as leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Party_(South_Africa)" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Party (South Africa)">National Party</a>, but stays on as president for six more months.