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/ 9 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki has written a letter to FW de Klerk, assuring him that the state is committed to judicial independence.
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/ 3 September 2008
Embattled ANC president Jacob Zuma has drawn support from a rather surprising quarter — the born-again National Party.
Mugabe is a bad man. Make no mistake. But who is to say that FW de Klerk or PW Botha or any of their Cabinet ministers were saints?
The Expropriation Bill has negative consequences for South Africa, a group of concerned parties said on Wednesday.
The Expropriation Bill could seriously damage South Africa’s international creditworthiness, former president FW de Klerk said on Wednesday.
South Africa’s commitment to the rule of law faces a critical test in the coming months, former president FW de Klerk told the British South African Law Association.
South Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, threw a 70th birthday party on Friday attended by fellow Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela, the man he freed from prison as apartheid crumbled. ”Around the world people recognise you as a historic peacemaker and nation-builder,” Mandela said.
A report card on the new government. By Anton Harber.
King Goodwill agreed to a compromise, relinguishing the ownership of mineral rights and government to the state.
Thursday’s TV debate between South Africa’s two leading statesmen promises to be a psychological drama revealing much about how they are going to rule the country together.
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/ 11 February 1994
Top secret documents reveal that FW de Klerk lied about South Africa’s nuclear programme, reports Paul Stober.
By moving far – but not as far as expected – FW lands the ANC with a hard choice.
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/ 23 February 1990
The first meeting between the government and the African National Congress is on.
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/ 9 February 1990
The African National Congress has been slow in responding to the challenge thrown out by State President FW de Klerk.
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/ 2 February 1990
According to the NP source Pik Botha was ”terrified of a Rubicon repeat” and wanted Nelson Mandela to be released on Monday January 29.
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/ 8 December 1989
?President FW de Klerk’s Christmas present to conscripts provides instant relief to 35 000 young white men due to start military service in February.
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/ 1 September 1989
FW de Klerk had one moment of public spontaneity in his two days of talks in Zambia and Zaire.
Acting state president and National Party leader FW de Klerk addressing an election meeting.
The battle between PW and FW is not over, it’’s just gone underground. Crucial factors on PW’s side have been the black holes in his own constitution.
The National Party failed last night to resolve the battle between South Africa’s two most powerful men.
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/ 3 February 1989
As MPs file into caucus meeting, a letter of resignation arrives.
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/ 3 February 1989
The new leader of the National Party and putative state president, FW de Klerk, is South Africa’s George Bush.