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Black South Africans Ended Apartheid, Not F.W De Klerk

Newly election South African president Nelson Mandela held hands with former South African president F.W. de Klerk in Cape Town South Africa, in 1994

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Black South Africans Ended Apartheid, Not F.W De Klerk

In light of the former apartheid president's death, international coverage has mistakenly portrayed De Klerk as the anti-apartheid genie of South Africa's dreams. Allow me to clear a few things up for you.