FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for

Origin date: 20 February 2020
Updated: 21 Feb 2020

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Summary

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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01Bell, 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.

Last updated · 21 Feb 2020

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South African History Online. (2020, February 21). FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149990

South African History Online (2020) 'FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for', South African History Online, 21 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149990 (Accessed: 3 September 2026).

South African History Online, FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149990, (accessed 3 September 2026).

"FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for." South African History Online, 21 Feb. 2020, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149990. Accessed 3 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for." South African History Online. February 21, 2020. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149990.