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FW de Klerk - 2 February 1992 Moments in South African History

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South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, who has died at the age of 85 in Cape Town, will be remembered for effectively ending apartheid and paving the way for constitutional negotiations.  On the second of February 1990, De Klerk shocked everyone by unbanning anti-apartheid organisations, such as the ANC, and by announcing the release of the world's then-most famous prisoner, Nelson Mandela.



Credits: Angie Kapelianis, John Perlman, Danny Booysen and the SABC Media Libraries.



© SABC 2021. No unauthorised use, copying, adaptation or reproduction permitted without prior written consent of the SABC.

South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, who has died at the age of 85 in Cape Town, will be remembered for effectively ending apartheid and paving the way for constitutional negotiations.  On the second of February 1990, De Klerk shocked everyone by unbanning anti-apartheid organisations, such as the ANC, and by announcing the release of the world's then-most famous prisoner, Nelson Mandela.



Credits: Angie Kapelianis, John Perlman, Danny Booysen and the SABC Media Libraries.



© SABC 2021. No unauthorised use, copying, adaptation or reproduction permitted without prior written consent of the SABC.

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