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SA: De Klerk: Speech by the former President of South Africa, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of his historic speech of February 2 1990, Cape Town - 169 KB
 

Date: 02/02/2010
Source: The FW De Klerk Foundation
Title: SA: De Klerk: Speech by the former President of South Africa, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of his historic speech of February 2 1990, Cape Town

Historians will regard the beginning of February 1990 as the watershed of South Africa's modern history. There were many events that opened the way to the speech that I delivered to the South African Parliament on 2 February 1990. However, the nine days between it and the release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February changed South Africa forever. Those crucial nine days set the country irreversibly on the road to a different and, I believe, a much better future...

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FW De Klerk is a hero and will always remain a hero because of the huge stance he took to liberate SA from Apartheid to a democratic country. Together with his cabinet members of that time must be honoured in one way or the other, though other among that cabinet are still bitter about what FW did. Now let the people of SA begin to understand where we are coming from and must start to be reasonable in every step they want to take, among others; the issue of nationalisation. Let the matter be discussed to the fullest and experts should be called for advice so that when we make or take a decision, atleast should be an informed decision that will benefit all the South Africans but not individuals. I appeal to all our people in leadership, black or white to apply their mind when making decisions that are going to affect people.
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