Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Date: 10 Dec 1993
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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.

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01BBC News, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk, from BBC News [online], Available at news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 18 October 2013]
02Nobel Prize, The Nobel Peace Prize 1993, from Nobelprize.org, [online], Available at www.nobelprize.org [Accessed: 18 October 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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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: 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 Aug. 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.