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FWs Convoluted Constitution is Doomed
ArchiveFWN speaks to SFAWU secretary
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
After the September general election, F.W. De Klerk was inaugurated as the new State President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. De Klerk had been Acting…
EventF.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid
Speaking before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for a second time, F.W. de Klerk repeats his assertion that murder and torture had never been part of…
EventNelson Mandela meets F.W. de Klerk
Prisoner Nelson Mandela had the first of three meetings with the State President F.W. de Klerk to discuss the future of SA. The meeting took place in De Klerk…
EventF.W. de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
Former South African State President F.W. de Klerk married Marike Willemse on this date. The couple met at the University of Potchefstroom where they were both…
The 1992 referendum: Twenty years on - FW de Klerk 16 March 2012
ArchiveWhat Makes FW Tick?
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
In a move that was long overdue, President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by the South African Human…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of political prisoners
Shortly after taking over from P.W. Botha as state president, F.W. de Klerk announced the unconditional release of eight long serving political prisoners of…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
The circumstances that led to the repealing and ultimate dismantling of the Apartheid structure was similar to those that led to the earlier proclamation made…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
On 17 March, 1992, President F.W. de Klerk announced the results of the Whites-only referendum held to determine White people’s support for the reform process…
F.W de Klerk challenges TRC findings
ArchiveWP win final in fine style
FW de Klerk’s speech 25 years on
ArchiveIs F.W. de Klerk a man of integrity?
ArchiveFW Must Have Known of Secret Funding
President F.W. de Klerk reshuffles his cabinet.
ArchiveFW: limited moves add fuel to fire
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
On 1 February 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and…
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
F.W. de Klerk, then Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs, was unanimously elected the new leader of the National Party (NP) in the Transvaal. His election…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
To: Mr. F. W. De Klerk State President of the Republic of South Africa 9th July, 1992 Dear Mr. De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd…
F.W. De Klerk appoints Lt-Gen. Pierre Steyn
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…
President F.W. de Klerk proposes holding a multiracial election.
President F.W. de Klerk tours nine European countries.
President F.W. de Klerk proposes holding a multiracial election.
BiographyGladys Thomas
Gladys Thomas born was in 1935 in Salt River, Cape Town. She was adopted by a family in Lakeside, Cape Town in Western Cape as she was an orphan. She grew up…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
The announcement by President F.W. de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South…