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1/ I once had a confrontation with FW de Klerk

He’d come to Borders bookshop on Oxford St in 1999 to promote his new autobiography

After he’d finished his mini speech about how he’d saved South Africa he asked if there were any questions

I was in the front row

My hand shot up
2/. Before I go on, I should say that me & FW had a bit of history

I'd been an anti-apartheid activist since my school days in the 1980s

After university, when the ANC were unbanned, I’d flown to South Africa to work for them

I stayed until after the election victory in 1994.
3/ I should also say that I'd spent a few lunchtimes in the bookshop near my office skimming FW's autobiography & doing some research into his background

After all, you don't rise to the top of the deeply racist National Party in the 1980's without being a bit of racist yourself
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#BREAKING S.Africa's last white president F.W. de Klerk dies: foundation ImageImage
#UPDATE FW de Klerk, South Africa's last white president, has died aged 85, his foundation announced on Thursday Image
#UPDATE De Klerk and Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for leading the "miracle" transition from white rule in South Africa
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