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  • FW de Klerk delivers. Picture: JENNIFER BRUCE/AFP

    UK's Boris Johnson says De Klerk 'changed the course of history'

    "I am saddened by the death of FW de Klerk, a leader who changed the course of history by freeing Nelson Mandela and working alongside him to end apartheid and bring democracy to South Africa," Boris Johnson said in a statement.

    237 days ago
  • In his final words, De Klerk still didn't call apartheid a crime against humanity

    South Africa's last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, has died at the age of 85. In a video released by his foundation shortly after his death was announced, De Klerk apologised for his role in apartheid.

    238 days ago
  • Former SA President FW de Klerk. Picture: www.fwdklerk.org.za

    In his last words, De Klerk still didn't call apartheid a crime against humanity

    In his final words, recorded on a video and shared by his foundation, De Klerk describes apartheid as indignifying and painful. But he still doesn't concede that apartheid was a crime against humanity.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: F.W. de Klerk. Picture: Flickr.

    De Klerk takes his secrets to the grave, says son of one of the Cradock Four

    Lukhanyo Calata tried for many years to get answers and justice for the death of his father Fort Calata who was part of the Cradock Four.

    238 days ago
  • Former South African President FW de Klerk. Image: @FWdeKlerkFoun/Twitter

    ANALYSIS: Last apartheid president De Klerk driven by pragmatism, not idealism

    Some will remember FW de Klerk as the last white South African president who played a primary role in ending apartheid, while others will remember him simply as the last white minority leader to preside over apartheid and the violence that upheld it.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    'He played a key role in ushering in democracy': Ramaphosa remembers De Klerk

    President Cyril Ramaphosa called upon South Africans to pay condolences because the late FW De Klerk was "a human being".

    238 days ago
  • South Africa's last apartheid president FW De Klerk. Picture: Twitter/ @FWdeKlerkFoun.

    'He took the steps to change South Africa' - political parties mourn FW de Klerk

    The ANC, UDM, FF+, GOOD and the DA have sent their condolences to the De Klerk family.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) President (left) and South Africa's last apartheid President Frederik de Klerk (right), shake hands on 10 December 1993 in Oslo after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prizes. Picture: AFP

    South Africa must reckon with FW de Klerk's legacy - Nelson Mandela Foundation

    "FW De Klerk will forever be linked to Nelson Mandela in the annals of South African history," The Nelson Mandela Foundation said in a statement on Thursday.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: Frederik Willem de Klerk (FW de Klerk), the former president who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993, answers questions about his memories of Nelson Mandela, on 11 July 2017, in his office in Cape Town. Picture: AFP.

    Apartheid's last president FW de Klerk has passed away aged 85

    Frederik Willem de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid president, leaves a legacy that will continue to be debated, contested and defended.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: South African team captain Quinton de Kock listens to a question during a press conference ahead of tomorrow's first one-day international (ODI) cricket match of a three-match series between India and South Africa, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on 11 March 2020. Picture: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP

    MCEBO DLAMINI: On Quinton de Kock and the link between sports and politics

    To want to separate sports from politics seeks to erase the painful truth that sports, until not that long ago, was highly political, writes Mcebo Dlamini.

    251 days ago
  • FILE: FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Jailing me was unconstitutional: Zuma speaks for first time since his release

    He was speaking at a prayer service in Durban on Thursday to welcome him home.

    266 days ago
  • DF Malan High School in Bellville, Western Cape. Picture: wikipedia.org

    Stand-off over planned name change of DF Malan High School in Bellville

    The school was named after DF Malan who was elected to power in 1948 and under whose term the National Party's apartheid policy became entrenched. Even though community members are aware of this, they are adamant that the school governing body should not change the name.

    281 days ago
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    ANALYSIS: How multicultural churches in SA are breaking down race barriers

    Religious organisations have the potential to draw people out of their private, racially segregated lives, into a safe social space.

    286 days ago
  • FILE: Joao Rodrigues testifies during the Ahmed Timol inquest on 1 August 2017. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN

    Joao Rodrigues, apartheid-era cop charged with Ahmed Timol's death, passes away

    Rodrigues' lawyer, Ben Minnaar, said that he passed away at around midnight at his home due to ill health.

    303 days ago
  • FILE:  Fomer Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association President Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: dmv.gov.za

    ‘It was a blue lie’- Maphatsoe’s comrades dismiss claims he was an apartheid spy

    Kebby Maphatsoe was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Sunday.

    304 days ago
  • FILE: The Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg. Picture: EWN.

    Bunkers, tunnels & other finds: Why Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is still closed

    Charlotte Maxeke Hospital won't be opened any time soon. Missing plans, fire-proof doors and curious discoveries beneath the building are some of the reasons why.

    329 days ago
  • Former president Jacob Zuma gives a public address from his home in Nkandla on 4 July, 2021. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN.

    'An angry judiciary': Zuma likens today's courts to those under apartheid era

    During a rare Sunday evening media briefing, Jacob Zuma told journalists that men and women sacrificed their lives so that detention without trial would never see the light of day in the country once its liberated.

    367 days ago
  • ‘He was a man of extraordinary empathy’- Ramaphosa lauds Kenneth Kaunda

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to former president of Zambia, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, at his funeral on 2 July 2021. Ramaphosa thanked the late statesman for assisting South Africa during the fight against the apartheid government. Kaunda passed away on 17 June 2021 at the age of 97.

    370 days ago
  • FILE: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Picture: tutu.org.za

    Three decades on, a generation of anti-apartheid fighters look back

    Today, just a handful of the leaders who led the fight against apartheid are still around to bear witness. Here are portraits of the most notable survivors.

    370 days ago
  • Nelson Mandela smiles broadly on 27 April 1994 in Oshlange, near Durban, as he casts his historic vote during South Africa's first democratic and all-race general elections. Picture: AFP

    SA’s apartheid racial classification laws scrapped 30 years ago

    An Afrikaans word meaning the state of "apartness", apartheid became official government policy in 1948 when the conservative National Party took power.

    374 days ago
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    OPINION: 45 years after the June 16 uprisings, Dr TT Cholo continues to inspire

    The youth has and continues to occupy a special place in the heart of one of the greatest uMkhonto we Sizwe cadres and political commissars, who is turning 95.

    386 days ago
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