‘FW de Klerk should be given considerable credit for the end of apartheid’

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FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela
FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela in 1990 during negotiations to end apartheid
(Image credit: Gallo Images via Getty Images / Sunday Times)

1. As the last apartheid president, FW de Klerk was South Africa’s Mikhail Gorbachev

Peter Hain for the i news site

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