FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for | South African History Online

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News and Views by Terry Bell
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Terry Bell
Date of Publication:
20 February 2020
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Terry Bell
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https://terrybellwrites.com/2020/02/20/fw-de-klerk-has-so-much-more-to-…

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There is nothing new in former president FW de Klerk’s denialist views about the apartheid system he so faithfully served. Nor in yet another belated apology of sorts. What is new is that the issue has been raised in parliament where he has regularly attended State or the Nation (SONA) addresses, sitting as a VIP guest in the gallery. Over the past 27 years he has made numerous controversial statements in an apparent attempt to whitewash apartheid and his role in what the United Nations general assembly termed a crime against humanity. And, as probably the first head of state ever to face a murder charge while in office, he has done it again.

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Bell, T. (2020). FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for, from News & Views by Terry Bell, February 20, 2020, online. Available at https://terrybellwrites.com/2020/02/20/fw-de-klerk-has-so-much-more-to-apologise-for/ . Accessed on 20 February 2020.

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