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JACKET NOTES | Tony Leon on writing ‘Being There: Backstories from the Political Front’
In some cases, recent information has come to light on some famous personalities since I last wrote about them (for example, my reappraisals of FW de Klerk, Nelson Mandela, Mangosuthu Buthelezi ...
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In defence of FW de Klerk
He cites the praise expressed by Tony Leon and David Welsh for his book “The Last Afrikaners” as somehow refuting my views. However, I was not commenting on his widely applauded book, but on his ...
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South Africa to hold inquiry into whether prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes were blocked
National Party leader F.W. de Klerk, right, hands over the National Party’s 30-page ... left, talks to his associate, Leon Wessel, after handing over his party’s submission to the Truth and ...
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FW de Klerk had the courage of his convictions – Cyril Ramaphosa
The Constitutional Assembly, which I led together with Leon Wessels, had decided that this pivotal moment ... Mandela on that historic day in Sharpeville was Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last ...
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Marike De Klerk’s killer seeks parole again - 20 years on
Luyanda Mboniswa was found guilty of the murder of Marike De Klerk. Picture: LEON MULLER De Klerk’s murder sparked local and international media interest and there was a high media presence at ...
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FW de Klerk’s Nobel Prize STOLEN – but how much is it worth?
De Klerk’s comments on the regime ... In 2015, Nobel laureate Leon Max Lederman’s medal sold for $765 000.The prizes awarded to both James Watson and Francis Crick for the discovery of ...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa: Eulogy of former Deputy President FW De Klerk
The Constitutional Assembly, which I led together with Leon Wessels, had decided that this pivotal moment ... Mandela on that historic day in Sharpeville was Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last ...
The Nation Newspaper3y
De Klerk: A consequential encounter
It was in Windhoek, Namibia, on March 31, 1990, that I first shared the same space with Frederick Willem (FW) de Klerk, at ceremonies marking Namibia’s independence from South Africa which had ...
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FW de Klerk’s death is an opportunity to liberate ourselves from the prison of bitterness
De Klerk did not end apartheid ... he accepted the advice of his negotiators led by Roelf Meyer and Leon Wessels to rise above his narrow constituency and abandon any notions of minority rights ...
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African National Congress suffers electoral collapse, as its rotten record is underscored by the death of de Klerk
de Klerk, South Africa’s last president under ... are based on the Theory of Permanent Revolution elaborated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky established that in countries like South Africa with a ...
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De Klerk was merely a footnote in South African history
A statue of FW de Klerk, left, stands next to a statue of South Africa's first Black President Nelson Mandela at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town [File: AP/Masixole Feni] On ...