When de Klerk was first elected president of South Africa, there was little in his past that distinguished him from his hard-line predecessors. He'd been a loyal functionary in the National Party ...

US president and his adviser Elon Musk seize on discredited claims to launch economic assault against African nation ...

The FW De Klerk Foundation has denounced US President Donald Trump’s claims that South Africa is promoting “racial ...

The FW de Klerk Foundation has come out in strong opposition to US president Donald Trump's attacks on South Africa and the offering of citizenship to white farmers who he says are being treated ...

Nineteen ninety-two was another turbulent year in South Africa ... in November, State President F.W. de Klerk announced plans to hold multiracial elections in April 1994. The anc rejected this ...

The FW de Klerk Foundation released its annual report ... programmes have further exacerbated the crisis. In 2024, South Africa’s unemployment rate was ca. 32,8% - with an even higher youth ...

Mr de Klerk was a key figure in South Africa's transition to democracy, and was succeeded by President Nelson Mandela, whose freedom he helped to secure.

Earlier in the year, negotiations had been threatened by the highest-level political assassination in South Africa since President de Klerk unbanned the ANC in 1990. On April 10, 1993, Chris Hani ...