Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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30 Sep 2019
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Then President F.W. de Klerk, the last president of the white minority rule who abandoned the unsustainable and untenable apartheid system towards a non-racial and democratic South Africa. This meant the release of anti-apartheid activist and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela.
Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December 1993. The award was a recognition for their efforts in achieving a peaceful transformation from an apartheid regime to democracy.
South African History Online. (2011, December 9). Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070827
South African History Online (2011) 'Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.', South African History Online, 9 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070827 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).
South African History Online, Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070827, (accessed 7 October 2026).
"Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.." South African History Online, 9 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070827. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.." South African History Online. December 9, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070827.
