Botha, who was still looked upon as the leader of the Boer people, took a prominent part in politics, advocating always measures which he considered as tending to the maintenance of peace and good order and the re-establishment of prosperity in the Transvaal.
Botha som blev set på som boerfolkets leder, indtog en fremtrædende rolle i politikken og talte altid for de tiltag som han regnede ville sørge for fred og god orden og Transvaals reetablering af velstand.