Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Controversial reactions to De Klerk's death
The former apartheid president has died at age 85.
You made it to the end of the week, again! This past two days in news has been busy with stories including one of the passing of former apartheid president, FW De Klerk. We share also four other stories making headlines for their varying reasons.
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Former President and the last President of Apartheid in South Africa, F.W. De Klerk passed away yesterday, 11 November 2021.
In a message from beyond the grave, apartheid's last president FW de Klerk offered his apology, "without qualification", for the misery caused by apartheid...
There have been varying reactions to his death, especially on Twitter.
"[FW] De Klerk did not have, and actually never had, any moral intention...His release of Mandela and unbanning of the ANC a few years before, were not embedded in any clear recognition of the utter wrong that apartheid was, but was...political strategy.https://t.co/JXpPO0Lj9i
— Kenichi Serino (@KenichiSerino) November 11, 2021
Dear ANC government
— Sharné Zoë (@Zoe_SZi) November 11, 2021
This is not a time to consider a state funeral.
FW de Klerk's loved ones can bury him.
I am LITERALLY- LITERALLY- in stitches listening to FW de Klerk's final 7-minute video.
— Eusebius McKaiser (@Eusebius) November 11, 2021
Imagine you have only 7 minutes left to address the world and you wilfully decide to tell a lie per minute.
Jesu. Talk about literally being beyond the pale.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has vowed to take to the streets should the government grant a state funeral to the late former president of the apartheid South Africa, FW de Klerk. https://t.co/E5DZkUcy9n pic.twitter.com/BbvtXrHsBL
— SABC News (@SABCNews) November 11, 2021
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