Rozanne Botha

She later said: “It was my Damascus road experience, when I realised life was fleeting and I needed to seize the day — carpe diem — and make the most of every moment.”[2] She completed voluntary military service at the South African Army Women's College in George in 1977, followed by the Castle of Good Hope in 1978.

She released Afrikaans pop songs and appeared on the covers of magazines such as Sarie and Style, where she was dubbed "First Daughter of the Land".

[5][2][6] During this time, she became the public face of the Botha children and wrote a weekly column for the Afrikaans newspaper, Beeld.

Die Burger, a pro-government Afrikaans newspaper, ran a front-page report that Botha had been "misused" in the documentary.

[14] A rendition of the song "Siembaba" (lullaby) by Johannes Kerkorrel and Koos Kombuis ends with a satirical allusion to Botha and her apolitical poetry.

Mandela had hoped to lobby the family so that they would persuade Botha to testify at the new government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up to expose apartheid-era crimes and chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

There was no unanimous agreement between the family, with Rozanne strongly opposed, believing that her father could face prosecution and/or humiliation in the court.

[18][7] In 2012-2013, she used music as part of her campaign “I will be your voice”, to raise money for local wildlife centres targeting rhino poaching.

As part of the campaign, she sang a duet with her daughter, Shanna, accompanied by her son Schalk on piano and guitar and with the group Heavenly Quartez from Khayelitsha singing in Xhosa, in the chorus.

[2] In early 2022, Botha's sister, Amelia Paschke, died in a car crash driving back from Betty's Bay.