Old SA president gets droid to make bombs (5)
I believe the answer is:
botha
'old sa president' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'droid to make bombs' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'droid' could be 'bot' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'bot' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ha' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'gets' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for botha that I've seen before include "former South African general" , "PM in Africa" .)