FW de Klerk apology welcomed, but damage has been done - Nelson Mandela Foundation, IJR
18 February 2020
Even though the FW de Klerk Foundation has officially apologised and agreed that apartheid was a crime against humanity, the damage has been done and the retraction of its initial statement takes the country nowhere.
This is according to the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) and the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF).
"It is unfortunate that such a view has been expressed by former deputy president De Klerk. His public position gives credence to those who hold this view and gives license to them to express the same," said IJR project leader Sam Kambule on Tuesday.
According to the IJR's South African Reconciliation Barometer 2019, only 5% of people did not believe that apartheid was a crime against humanity.