FW De Klerk played a critical role in dismantling ... having served as president of the republic from September 1989 until May 1994. His biography reads that under his leadership, apartheid ...

FW de Klerk was a major force in South Africa's transition from racist state to fully fledged democracy. While the tide of history would probably have made the change inevitable, it was De Klerk ...

FW de Klerk, the last leader of apartheid-era South Africa who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela after working to end racial segregation in the country, has died at 85, his foundation ...

The former South African president died after a battle with a form of lung cancer, the FW de Klerk Foundation announced in a statement. A controversial figure in South African history ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. FW de Klerk, the last South African president of the apartheid era, presided over one of the most ...

The couple had divorced the previous year following reports about FW’s affair with Elita ­Georgiades, then the wife of Greek millionaire Tony Georgiades. Maretha Maartens, the author of a biography on ...

What they were all waiting for was the release of Nelson Mandela, icon of the anti-apartheid movement for two decades, which President FW de Klerk was widely expected to herald that morning in the ...

The first authorized biography of Archbishop Desmond Tutu reveals the well-respected South African religious leader regrets nominating F.W. de Klerk along with Nelson Mandela for the 1993 Nobel ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

FW de Klerk, the last white man to lead South Africa, has apologised for "quibbling" over whether or not apartheid was a "crime against humanity", but the row has revealed old wounds, writes the ...

FW De Klerk played a critical role in dismantling ... having served as president of the republic from September 1989 until May 1994. His biography reads that under his leadership, apartheid ...

FW de Klerk, the last leader of apartheid-era South Africa who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela after working to end racial segregation in the country, has died at 85, his foundation ...