"Most of the rest of the deaths occurred in the conflict between the IFP and the ANC."
The FW de Klerk has issued a statement in which it insists that apartheid was not a crime. This comes after the former President FW de Klerk was at the centre of chaos that broke out in parliament during the State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
During SONA, the Economic Freedom Fighters interrupted Ramaphosa's speech and demanded that he does not continue if De Klerk was still in the house. The point of order was raised by EFF leader Julius Malema.
The Speaker of Parliament, Thandi Modise refused to sustain Malema's point of order but instead tried to get the address by the President to proceed. Other members of the EFF also rose to express their concern about the invitation of FW de Klerk to the SONA.
EFF justified its position by reminding parliament that apartheid is crime against humanity and De Klerk presided of the system which murdered thousands of innocent people.
Just days after the parliament chaos, the FW de Klerk Foundation has released a statement in which it insists that apartheid is not crime despite the declaration by the United Nations. The UN has recently categorized apartheid as crime against humanity. It appears that the EFF based its position on article 7 of Rome Statute.
The City of Ekurhuleni mayor, Mzwandile Masina entered the fray when he reminded everyone in his tweet that apartheid is crime against humanity.
It is indeed said that after this disruption De Klerk’s Foundation issues a statement denying that apartheid was a crime. pic.twitter.com/lBMbp16HDP— White Man Confession (@ConfessionWhite) February 15, 2020
According to the statement released by FW de Klerk Foundation, apartheid was never a crime against humanity.
"De Klerk has repeatedly acknowledged the grave injustices committed under apartheid and has sincerely apologised on a number of occasions to those who suffered under previous governments.
The idea that apartheid was ‘a crime against humanity’ was, and remains, an ‘agitprop’ project initiated by the Soviets and their ANC/SACP allies to stigmatise white South Africans by associating them with genuine crimes against humanity - which have generally included totalitarian repression and the slaughter of millions of people," read FW de Klerk Foundation statment.
The foundation moved swiftly in its statement and blamed the IFP and the ANC for deaths of more than 23 000 people.
"By contrast, some 23 000 people died in South Africa’s political violence between 1960 and 1994 - of whom fewer than 5 000 were killed by the security forces. Most of the rest of the deaths occurred in the conflict between the IFP and the ANC." read the foundation's statement.
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