WILLIAM GUMEDE | FW de Klerk has undermined race relations in SA
How? By not acknowledging apartheid as a crime against humanity or coming clean about atrocities
23 November 2021 - 19:25
The decision by FW de Klerk, the last white president of SA,to end formal apartheid, unban liberation movements such as the ANC and release Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners was done not for moral reasons or because he believed apartheid was a crime against humanity. It was purely strategic...
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