Fredrik Willem de Klerk (born 1936) was state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994. He abruptly pointed his country in a new direction in 1990 by opening negotiations with previously outlawed anti-apartheid organizations. In 1989 Fredrik Willem...

De Klerk steps out Talking to foreigners isn't enough. He can win legitimacy only by winning the approval of South Africans--of all colours SO MUCH for quarantine. South Africa's president-in-waiting, Mr Frederik De Klerk, set out to call on a string...

Nelson Mandela recently accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with South African President F.W. de Klerk, calling it an appeal from the world to continue efforts to end apartheid, during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. "We stand here today as nothing more than a...