Former South African president FW de Klerk apologized and withdrew his statement that the country's former harsh system of racial separation known as apartheid was not a crime against humanity.
FILE — In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, former South African President FW de Klerk waits for President Cyril Ramaphosa to deliver his State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, South Africa. De Klerk on Monday Feb. 17 apologized and withdrew his statement that the country's former harsh system of racial separation known as apartheid was not a crime against humanity.
De Klerk, the last president under apartheid, caused an uproar with the comment during an interview last week with state broadcaster SABC.from prison 30 years ago, paving the way for the end of apartheid and South Africa’s first all-race elections in 1994 that saw Mandela voted into power. De Klerk’s foundation said it was withdrawing the statement and apologized for the “confusion, anger and hurt that it has caused.”
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