The award was stolen from de Klerk’s home in Fresnaye, Cape Town, and it’s not the sort of thing you can simply flog at the local pawn shop.
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The last apartheid-era president of South Africa, FW de Klerk, has died at the age of 85 at his home in Fresnaye, Cape Town.
Activists weren’t pleased with the Global Security Institute’s invitation to FW De Klerk to participate in talks about minority rights and racism.
He may have shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, but FW de Klerk doesn’t seem to be much of a history buff.
SA presidents continue to receive a salary and a host of benefits after they leave office, at the taxpayers’ expense.
FW de Klerk made that statement during a speech to mark 20 years of democracy in Cape Town. The former President pointed to the country’s Gini coefficient as evidence to support his claim. South Africa’s Gini coefficient is 0.7, which makes the country one of the most unequal societies in the world. FW ignored the whole apartheid thing that was the boss of when he quoted that figure.
Art work by Kobus Myburgh, showing President Jacob Zuma and former president Nelson Mandela as white has been removed from an art exhibition scheduled to open at the Van Riebeek Hall in Nelspruit yesterday.
On Friday former South African president, FW de Klerk accused President Jacob Zuma of using apartheid to cover the ANC government’s failures. These remarks came after Planning Minister Trevor Manuel told Zuma that apartheid could no longer be used as an excuse
Former president FW de Klerk is clearly being racist in his latest attack against the ANC, as he came out firing during a business-related speech – punishing the ANC for everything from wealth distribution to not being able to attract international investment. Check it out: This from News24: South Africa’s last apartheid president F W de Klerk […]
After his “blacks were not disenfranchised” statement on CNN last week, former president F.W. de Klerk has been taking a lot of flack. Not only did he get ripped a new one by cartoonist Zapiro in the Sunday Times yesterday, but Nehawu is now calling for him to be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize.
Former SA president, FW De Klerk, spoke with CNN’s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour in an interview screened last night, revealing some alarming thoughts he has on the legacy of apartheid in South Africa, and his relationship with Nelson Mandela today.