In the words of Frederick van Zyl Slabbert ... and those of the South African government. Frederik Willem de Klerk was born of the African soil. And it is to the African soil that he has now returned.

May 2012 – In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, de Klerk said he disapproves of the effects of apartheid, but not the concept of a ‘separate but equal’ nation state. Later ...

Jan de Klerk spoke ... any reason,” he said. All the former statesman’s children steered clear of the political arena with Jan becoming a farmer, Susan a teacher and Willem venturing into ...

In a video message recorded shortly before his death, the last white president of South Africa, Frederik Willem de Klerk, said he was sorry. “I apologize for the pain and indignity that ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday described the late FW de Klerk as ... of the regime he led and his fear of democratic change. Frederik Willem de Klerk, credited with supervising ...

and we said we would have it because he played a crucial role in our country. Frederik Willem de Klerk was born of the African soil. And it is to the African soil that he has now returned.

In the words of Frederick van Zyl Slabbert ... and those of the South African government. Frederik Willem de Klerk was born of the African soil. And it is to the African soil that he has now returned.

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday described the late FW de Klerk ... he led and his fear of democratic change. Frederik Willem de Klerk, credited ...

The views expressed here are his own. Both enemies and apartheid securocrats have derided FW de Klerk’s claim that he ‘knew nothing’ about police and military hit squads and other illegal ...

Frederik Willem de Klerk, a man who upheld an unjust system until he didn’t, who meant to obstruct reform but then freed Nelson Mandela and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with him in 1993 ...