On 2nd February 1990, South African President F W De Klerk gave a momentous speech opening the apartheid Parliament, in which he announced, inter alia, the unbanning (legalisation)
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Pres. #FWDeKlerk gave a speech #ThisDayInHistory in 1990 saying #ANC was unbanned & #NelsonMandela would be freed - a sharp turn-around for a pro-#apartheid nationalist who had served many years under #PWBotha. His reasons were pragmatic and a response to the #AntiApartheid wave.
#OnThisDay in 2021, #FWdeKlerk, #SouthAfricanPresident (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, died of #cancer at 85.
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F. W. de Klerk (1936-2021), State President of South Africa
Died #otd F. W. de Klerk (1936-2021), State President of South Africa, 4 years ago today #FWdeKlerk life story...
Exactly 25 years ago this month, FW de Klerk stood before the South African Parliament and made history. We made a short film about this famous historic moment. youtube.com/watch?v=ng-B...
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Apologising by (posthumous) video is like dumping your partner by text. #fwdeklerk
