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Sun Dec 12 10:05:10 +0000 2021

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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

De Klerk went against elements in his own state security apparatus, and against die-hards who were prepared to take up arms to preserve the status quo. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2021

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In taking such a bold step FW de Klerk went against many in his own party, and against many white South Africans who had been taught about the ‘swart gevaar’, who had been brought up to fear majority rule and to regard black aspirations as a threat to their way of life. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2021

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In the words of Frederick van Zyl Slabbert: “His intervention was extremely fortuitous, individual and extraordinarily audacious, and history surely owes him a debt of gratitude for what he did.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 12, 2021

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