Liam O'Mara IV, PhDFeb 2
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.
David GraylessNov 11
#OnThisDay in 2021, #FWdeKlerk, #SouthAfricanPresident (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, died of #cancer at 85.
#RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️
Bernardo DaineseNov 11, 2021
South africa's last white president apologized for apartheid...#Apartheid , #FWDeKlerk .....https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/fw-de-klerk-the-last-president-of-apartheid-south-africa-dies-aged-85
FW de Klerk issues posthumous apology for pain of apartheid

Former South African president recorded video message before death at the age of 85