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Stratcom's Paul Erasmus says he was sent out to destroy Winnie Mandela & the plan succeeded
When Nelson Mandela was released, Erasmus was given a four-year plan to deceive people. A big part of that propaganda was to spread the idea that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela killed Stompie Seipei. He says the populist elements in the ANC had to be neutralised by the apartheid government, such as the likes of Nelson Mandela, Peter Mokaba, Chris Hani and others. Erasmus adds that he was sent out to destroy Madikizela-Mandela and his plan succeeded. #PaulErasmus #Apartheid #Stratcom
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'What sort of legacy have I left?': Ex-apartheid cop on life during Stratcom
Mpho Lakaje speaks to Paul Erasmus, a former Stratcom police officer, who says that his Truth and Reconciliation Commission application for amnesty horrified him and ended his marriage. After that, he says he realised that they were more situations that he forgot about that only came out after the commission. #PaulErasmus #Apartheid #Stratcom
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Stratcom: What it actually was and means
Stratcom, also known as Strategic Communications, was a police unit setup to create and spread false narratives against political enemies of the National Party government.
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ANALYSIS: Why SA’s white leaders shouldn’t get into comparative politics of sin
Despite the apology from former president FW de Klerk, we are left with the impression that he remains insensitive to the feelings of the mass of South Africans. He is simply out of touch.
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Ramaphosa: It's treason to deny apartheid a crime against humanity
The president has been responding in the National Assembly to the debate on his State of the Nation Address which he delivered last week.
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Dlamini Zuma: Apartheid was a crime against humanity
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma was speaking during the resumption of the State of the Nation Address debate in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
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ANC, EFF MPs flay De Klerk over apartheid comments
They slammed former deputy President FW de Klerk during Tuesday's Sona debate for saying during a recent interview that he didn't believe apartheid was a crime against humanity.
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Actions speak louder than words, ANC tells De Klerk
The governing party was responding to a statement issued by the foundation on Monday, which withdrew the earlier remarks and apologised for the impact.
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'There are feelings white people refuse to acknowledge apartheid's true horrors'
702's Nickolaus Bauer and author Max du Preez had a discussion after recent events around former apartheid President FW de Klerk's denial that apartheid was a crime against humanity, as declared by the United Nations.
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Dali Mpofu: Campaign to strip FW de Klerk of Nobel prize still ongoing
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to De Klerk and late former President Nelson Mandela in 1993 for their efforts in bringing about a democratic South Africa.
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Apartheid statement was an error of judgement - FW de Klerk Foundation
The FW de Klerk Foundation said that its recent statement that apartheid was not a crime against humanity was an error of judgement.
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CARTOON: Nobel Oblige, FW!
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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EFF calls for De Klerk to be stripped of privileges
The EFF said the FW de Klerk Foundation's statement lacked sincerity and relevance.
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Now's not the time: De Klerk Foundation withdraws apartheid statement
The foundation withdrew its statement calling the idea that apartheid was a crime against humanity was “soviet agitprop”, but has said nothing about FW de Klerk's own statements on apartheid.
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FW de Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize can't be revoked. Here's why
The renewed calls for the revocation came at the 2020 State of the Nation Address when the EFF called for De Klerk to be removed from the National Assembly, as he was - in their words - 'a murderer with blood on his hands'.
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Mandela & De Klerk foundations to meet over apartheid remarks
This after an interview with the SABC in which De Klerk apologised for apartheid, but said he does not believe it can be labelled a crime.
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Tutu Foundation to De Klerk: Withdraw statement on apartheid
The former statesman’s foundation last week endorsed his view that apartheid could not be seen as a crime against humanity.
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Desmond & Leah Tutu Foundation slam de Klerk after apartheid utterances
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu previously described De Klerk's unwillingness to accept the National Party’s responsibility for its apartheid policy as “devastating”.
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'Heartbroken' Zindzi Mandela hits out at De Klerk 'justification' for apartheid
FW de Klerk was labelled an apartheid apologist by the EFF following a recent interview he did with the SABC.
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Ramaphosa urges youth to follow in footsteps of Madiba, freedom fighters
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, was freed on 11 February 1990 after 27 years in prison for his liberation fight.
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Ramaphosa: Madiba's release was the day we knew apartheid was over
South Africa's first democratic president, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison three decades ago on this day. Madiba was honoured at the Cape Town City Hall by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who recounted the day Mandela stood on the same balcony, speaking to thousands of South Africans for the first time as a free man.