South Africa's last white president issues posthumous apology for pain of apartheid
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- Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2021
- The former South African president FW de Klerk recorded a message to the nation shortly before his death on Thursday, in which he apologised for 'the pain and the hurt and the indignity and the damage' the apartheid regime had caused. De Klerk oversaw the end of white minority rule as the country's last apartheid president and shared the Nobel peace prize with Nelson Mandela, but was a controversial figure in the country. Many blamed him for violence against Black South Africans and anti-apartheid activists during his time in power
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America was never against apartheid. They labeled Nelson Mandela as a terrorist.
You mean Gibson Makanda, the real Nelson Mandela died in prison. The one that came out of prison was a freemason.
Some did, some didn't. Throughout the 60s and 70s many in the state department and the CIA, etc. supported the ANC in various ways. Of course when it came to Angola/Border War US gave covert support support to apartheid SA but otherwise the cold war was more complicated than you think.
@@aryanrasconspiracy theories!!! Hai mm 😅😂🤔
Mandela was a terrorist
The Americans, under direction of Henry Kissinger, were literally the ones giving the stick to the Crown and SA to end Apartheid.
As a South African whose family and countrymen suffered during Apartheid this bring tears to my eyes. I have mixed feelings.
My dear brother, this man is not sincere and knows what he is doing. He only wants to save those who will survive him. What they did to non white SAs is despicable. Yes, you need to put that burden aside to salvage your sanity and move forward. It is necessary. However, having decided to go foward does not imply that you have pardoned their crimes or forgotten. Certainly not because such a psychological trauma isn't easy to be wiped out at the drop of a hat. Please be courageous and alert!
Lorenzo white?!? Are you related to The lorenzo white, running back, and absolute legend at michigan state university?
@@yhc5318 😃 Unfortunately not. It's an absolute coincidence for us to have the same name and surname.
Even though I am not personally responsible for your families suffering I am sorry for what they experienced at the hands of my ancestors collectively.
I have nothing to do with South Africa, I'm Italian, but the only thing I can say is just move on, a life spent hating a whole race is a life wasted, there is much more to enjoy in life than hatred.
Don't become like the ones you hated, the ones who oppressed you, try to be a better human being and live in peace, that's what South Africa needs today, peace.
It does take a lot of guts to apologise for something especially on this scale. Whether one forgives him or not is down to personal choice.
forgives him? are you saying he is to blame for apartheid? if thats the case you need to look in to the history
@@steffen6987 no but if he was leader at the time it is right that he does apologise. It doesn't imply he did anything wrong himself, rather just his regret of what happened, and I believe it is important people are wary of that.
@Ibo ZamBU guess he wanted to leave a mark for when he died I suppose..
@@steffen6987 he just like you are a beneficiary of the theft and murders that were perpetrated towards the Natives.
@@steffen6987 you need to look at the history.
People need to stop acting like De Klerk was the one who created apartheid. He found it there and did his best to end it, no one is saying he was a saint. But don’t try to act like he was sorely responsible for apartheid.
De Klerk gave orders to some of the brutal killers in apartheid SA he also tried to undermine the democratic election with his by support for Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi
De Klerk was one of the biggest supporters of Apartheid before he had no choice but to abolish it when he became cornered.
@@sulaak As a politician, it is normal to support other politicians if you think that will benefit you against your rivals.
Go cry about it then
At least he tried to do something to end Apartheid. He's not a saint, he shouldn't be a saint, but he's much better than his predecessors because of that.
'' An apology does not bring loved ones back to life. ''
But it isn't healthy to harbor resentment either. I can only hope that the cycle of hate in South Africa ends.
@@ahkwyatt8174 if only yall practiced what you preach
@@Saint_Judah I'm not a boer, and I know how messed up apartheid is, but you cannot drive out hate with hate.
@@Saint_Judah You will only multiply hate
@@Saint_Judah And that could cause you and your people to get badly hurt and oppressed again.
"If all the reasonable people..." The problem is the ANC are not reasonable.
Personally I understand why people won't accept his apology, people will always have mixed feelings about this. What is NOT right, is putting young white South Africans born in Mandela's precedency, who grew up and is still growing up in diversity in the same bubble as those who thrived the benefits and privileges of apartheid. Compensations should come from those responsible and not thrown into the faces of innocents who want nothing to do with the past they do not own.
I hear you, and you've got a point. But the problem with that is, those young whites born in Mandela's presidency, STILL enjoy the privileges that came with Apartheid, whiles the young Nlack and Coloured kids STILL experience the after effects of of Apartheid, even though they were after 1994.
@@tenor001grande8 what effects of apartheid are still there ?
Most black people were, and are still, being born into townships and undeveloped rural areas. That's just one of MANY, or are you still confused?
@@siphosethuradebe2710 if South Korea rebuilt itself 20 years after the Korean war South Korea was once poorer than Africa and look what they did in 30 years! they dont blame the Japanese each day instead they pulled themselves up and became better then the Japanese! stop weeping and begging and start working by yourself and then get investment from the outside world like South Korea did.
@Black Magic Then all the black people living in Europe should come back to Africa too, because black europeans don't exist, according to your logic, ok?! 😊
R.I.P to former President of the Republic of South Africa. May his family, friends, and those who were closest to him, as well as people who cared for him, find peace and comfort in the fond memories they have of him and take this time to celebrate his life and legacy. I accept you're apology but will never forget the pain, hardship, destruction, abuse, disempowerment, exclusion and all the other evils that yourself and all those involved in the Apartheid caused. Till this day our gran parents, parents and ourselves, bare the psychological, physical, emotional and economic scars of a regime that you were a part of perpetuating. I speak for every black South African when I say we will never forget and that we need reconciliation for all the atrocities we suffered.
He should have been jailed for the rest of his life and all who supported the apartheid in South Africa.
Also in Palestine.... I guess when Europeans are doing wrong they can't be prosecuted
If it's a warlord with any other ancestry especially african ancestry you would put him in jail or execute.
If he is Arab like Sadam and etc you would go across the world after he stops doing wrong and breaks the devils shackles.. ie meaning they are only power if they keep doing wrong to the people
Only a fool would forgive these demons
@@Dinuzulu1879no. A fool does not have the capacity for forgiveness. If you are not capable of forgiving, you are a fool, and lost. And sadly, because you can not forgive, you will never be free. You are the one who will shackle yourself forever.
Wow u something else
That’s your problem, forgiveness
The ability for all of us to see our wrongs and to apologise like this reflects the power of redemption for all. He took bold steps at the end and had won respect the fact he went further to do this completes the circle of his life. RIP.
Redemption is he should be locked up and prosecuted for his evil acts... in jail and living their poor... through bloodshed is his rise
He’s definitely not resting in peace. An evil nature that was beaten out of you by force is not redemption.
He uses his last breaths to reconfirm what we should all do as humanity, brothers & Sisters.
We’ve all done wrong but must move on ❤️
I suffered a lot, days spent in tears and distress. I am happy for what Mr. De klerk has done, including his last message. I wish we could find it in our hearts to forgive quickly and love more. South Africa needs us one minded, without harboring feelings of resentment. Let us heal and move forward towards our bright future.
Do u live in Europe?
I am a Sowetan
Me too. My grandfather was killed by apartheid police who entered our house at night and kicked hi head until it could not be recognized.
@@cagexnorris3792 I live in Johannesburg South Africa
Never forgive blatant evil that’s why blk people never get ahead
".. That's a true gentleman. Other former world leaders, should have the same courage. And decency to say sorry. Especially Tony Blair and G. W. BUSH. For taking us to illegal war in Iraq.
Why was he not apologizing when he was alive?? After 85 years that’s when you are apologizing huh! Interesting.
You can not punish the sons for the sins of the fathers or the grandfathers. That is what caused ww2 an entire generation of Germans were punish for their parents sins of the previous world war.
u do realize apartheid ended in 1994
@@hodgsontetteh4058 do you realize that has no relevance to what I said?
Yes; we can and we will slaughter the children because they were willing beneficiaries of their fathers
@@triniboythug101 and you will be no better for it. It doesn’t bring back people that are gone and it wont fill the void in your soul. Have fun living a life full. Feel free to let me know how it works out though. Pretty sure it won’t do anything for ya.
@@noahkelchner276 we've already dealt with a few and to be honest it puts a smile on my face everytime I remember the fear and terror in their eyes when they received theirs. We got more to deal with and I'll enjoy every moment of it... for my ancestors
I wonder who will apologize for all the evil, corruption and crime we experience today.
That’s the legacy of apartheid.
@@ThomasHolder-xx7qmyeah keep blaming Apartheid, better than taking responsibility for your actions. Victim for life mentality.
@@ThomasHolder-xx7qm😂 how you blaming apartheid for current politicians eating all your tax payers money.....but I suppose you probably don't pay tax
The man who abolished apartheid and yet never got the full credit he deserved. Some people have forgotten how to forgive it seems and forget he had to work through the system in order to get to the position where he could abolish it. I hope he gets the state funeral and respect he deserves. RIP FW de Klerk.
🤔 if someone comes to your house every day to rob you and harm your family, then wakes up one day decides what his been doing to you and your family isn’t okay because his neighbors keep telling him to stop or they won’t invite him to the braai anymore, you must just forgive and forget right? Buddy please go read up about FW and his role in his party.
Sanctions made him think twice so no forgiveness till the land is distributed.
@@mfundomkhize2337 The fact he had to go through that in order to get to the position in order to stop it? Buddy, please think logically about it
@@tfmkhonza5084 No, theft of land is not going to make up for what happened in the past and what he fought to abolish
@@thesmithersy fact is the white people do not belong on the land and forcibly took it, no one cares about changing the past give back what doesn’t belong to you.
FW de Klerk could have done something different before he died, but he chose to make this cause - an apology to those people who suffered. Did he do it for his own reputation? No one knows his intention. But I believe that we can all have changes in our hearts. This doesn't mean that people who were suffered should move on or forgive wrong doings. It's our hope for all humanity. I am Japanese, and I am always blamed for what Japan did during the WWII. History has profound impact on us. I only hope that people in South Africa will have a new chapter with hope.
A white president in Africa?! You have got to be kidding me 😂
❤
I even seen a white mayor in an SA town
Yes because we have a lot of whites in our country duh
How dumb could you be
Yes a white president will rule south africa again
Imagine they let these people live 😂😂😂
Is apology enough, when lives are destroyed. It needs big hearts to forgive, but not having big heart, is it something to blame for? Alwaaaays think before u act, because once it s done there is no go back.
He literally ended apartheid with nelson Mandela. he shouldn’t be apologising, people like D.F Malan should
I agree with you. You can choose to forgive or not.
However neither forgiveness nor hatred wil undo what has been done.
The only thing left is to move forward and you can only move forward in unity. This was his message for his fellow South Africans.
You can hate this man for many things but you must recognise that he sincerely did his part to end apartheid and whenever possible expressed his regrets for it happening.
You can choose to forgive or not.
However neither forgiveness nor hatred wil undo what has been done.
The only thing left is to move forward and you can only move forward in unity.
This was his message for his fellow South Africans.
You can hate this man for many things but you must recognise that he sincerely did his part to end apartheid and whenever possible expressed his regrets for it happening.
Contrition is an event that comes to the soul of a fortunate person at a tragic moment in their lives. I commend a man who gives in to the beckoning of his better nature under the gaze of the death angel to render an apology that is useful to the appeasing of their spirit. This apology is does that and nothing more... Black people are still living with the trauma and tragedy of a well planned scheme that has left us generationally disenfranchised even in post-apartheid SA. Apologies are always accepted even when they are 5c contribution to an insurmountable debt. The best apology is restitution, eg: giving back the land.
No it is not. Forgive and share the land is better. The White South Africans have a right to stay in SA.
I agree that land which was directly taken from black populations should be given back. On top of that, to ensure that a food shortage does not follow, proper training should be given to the new owners so they might make a success out of farming.
But the land the boere legally bought from the black tribes, the land that was uninhabited at the time and the land legally bought AFTER the end of the Apartheid regime and start of democracy, should not be touched, and should be left as is.
Wealth will never be redistributed by the government. That money would never reach the millions of poor black South Africans, it would only enrich the corrupt politicians more.
If the white community (those who have wealth, as most don't) were to be taxed at a higher rate, that money could directly be given to housing initiatives to provide housing and fast-track the solution to the housing crisis.
I wonder if he knew what Ramaphosa are going to do to this country
Certainly, here's a more detailed summary in English:
South Africa's last white president has issued posthumous apologies for the sufferings caused by apartheid. This statement comes in a complex historical context as South Africa grapples with its past marked by systematic racial discrimination. The president acknowledges the harm caused by apartheid policies that were in place for decades, separating communities and perpetuating blatant injustices.
Apartheid, an institutionalized system of racial segregation, was abolished in the 1990s with the advent of democracy in South Africa. However, the deep scars left by this period still persist today. The posthumous apologies from the last white president emphasize the need for national reconciliation and mutual understanding among different South African communities.
Although coming from a political figure of the past, this gesture is considered by many as an important step towards healing the divisions inherited from apartheid. It also sparks discussions on collective and individual responsibility in building a united and egalitarian South African nation. Ultimately, these posthumous apologies serve as a starting point for profound reflection on the path toward a more inclusive and equitable South African society.
This brought tears in my eyes...but not in the way you think think it does!!!
People saying he is a bad man but he won a Nobel peace prize for ending apartheid
Okay, if you say so.
@@RiversBliss he did
@@RiversBliss joint Nobel peace prize with nelson Mandela
You do realise Henry Kissinger also won a Nobel Peace Prize? Those things tend to be given out to people who align with the Imperialistic interests.
This admission(not apology) will have made sense if he came out clean during the reconciliation and reconstruction period of SA.
It was an apology. He used the word.
👏👏👏👏
Apology not accepted.
It actually did,not once but many times
@@muhamadjumba797 South Africa needs a white president to fix the mess that has been made since 1994.
This is the true spirit of UBUNTU! RIP
At least you forgive but I think your whole tribe needs their own ethno-state.
Apartheid was disgusting but the whole country over the years was stripped of everything and after apartheid finished European countries pulled the support for the nation
We are each responsible for how we treat one another while we are here. Believe or don’t believe that we are all held accountable for our actions, but do so at your own peril.
When you’re about to die and you want to get into heaven.
😂
He literally dismantled apartheid wym bro
@@HateTheIRSit was a funny comment
@@A1Kira he did the funny
DeKlerk was a smart man to issue this message. Hope & pray that black and white people of SA can take their country to a better and stronger future.
There’s still apartheid, bud. It’s reversed now.
that's such an ignorant comment to make. most of the middle class in south africa are white people still. and the majority of black people are in poverty.
Guy literally said "Over my dead body".
This sounds scripted vs heartfelt...u can sense the fear of the terror he suspects awaits him on the other side. A courageous and intelligible leader nonetheless. RIP
Word er nog gesproken over plaasmoorde??
U just talking s**t!!
You support Genocide and Apartheid
Now I see and understand why Nelson Mandela had more respect for PW Botha than he ever felt for this one here.
I accept this man's apology as a black South African!
Dutchforum 😅
Much love from Tanzania
I forgive you ♥️
Mag hy in vrede rus.
RIP, salute FW...
Great men👏
Yes❤
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Fact is if you forgive but don't forget, you did not forgive. Hatred will destroy you and your family. Forgive, forget and experience the freedom and peace it provides and move on.
As an indigenous Maori of New Zealand this is him begging for forgiveness before he enters into the Spirit realm where Karma is waiting
He helped dismantle apartheid. I think he’s going to heaven
@@ja5239ghhhjj if his going to heaven then all White people from the dawn of time are in heaven 😅
@@Boxtron55our empires were less violent than non European empires
Your decendants will pay the price of your greed
The country will be destroyed and most of the inhabitants will die of infections and/or starvation. This is not a joke at all this will be coming to pass before long.
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What greed?
As a non South African black man, I give it to him.. A patriot and statesman.
You must check out the atrocities he committed from the 70s when he was still minister till presidency, you'll see that he was no patriot
@@dabrams84 I'm South African, so I know most of the these things and how my people were affected.
you aint no black man. shut up
R.I.H
Don't be naive.
A redemption song.
Play in your head & heart Redemption Song
this is just to summarize the video
TMH IS HIS JUDGE, NOT MEN. DO WHAT'S RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE CREATOR WHILE ALIVE ON HIS EARTH.
Look at the state of things now. My country is inundated with South African migrants fleeing that hellscape
Which country u from?
@@uzilewillams8216 new zealand
Got nothing to be sorry for
As arrogant in death as he was in life.
What Pain???
How many souls are roaming the sky without resting in peace because of your heartless. Spirits are starting to haunt you.
Apartheid was bad. I have experienced it. But have SA learned from it? I guess we need to answer that ourselves. We saw what happened when we exclude minorities/majorities. Uprising, unrest and chaos. Let us learn from mistakes done and act proactive for our rainbow is slowly fading.....
Never forgive and never forget. There has been no justice. This injustice is the reason today we are still disrespected in our own country.
Sure, with BEE.
Judging from your other comments, you just hate white people.
Disrespected by the ANC neh😂
@@anything700 they would all be back in Europe if we have our way
How's it going with no power? You people ran SA into the ground.
Myself as a South African I forgive you Sir
and yet Apartheid is alive and well all over the world in 2021 with the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. My daughter cannot even go to a University open day, because she is unvaccinated.
Dang these comments are pretty bad.
Wonder if the ANC will apologise for phucking this country up.
Only after the white people apologize for ever setting foot here
I love how the comment section goes on ranting about how this man is this evil person that is somehow responsible for apartheid.
No he wasn’t. That was Hendrik Verwoerd.
De Klerk was the one that helped put an end to the apartheid system.
I invite all you that rant on the comment section to educate yourselves on the history of South Africa.
You should educate yourself on history. He was forced to end Apartheid. It's not something he did out of the kindness of his heart.
@@ZamokuhleMathe He still made the choice to do it, and this makes all the difference.
@@Sp9i No, he was forced. But you're white, so you will defend white demons to no end.
One of the greatest leaders of all time, he would have come under significant resistance from within his own party at the period of transition and yet he delivered, it is only a shame that Mandela and the ANC failed to deliver a prosperous nation and economy for everyone over the next 20 years. Today SA is a third world country like the rest of the African continent. A waste of nation and resource left to work out what it really wants to stand for..
It will never have it no matter which political party 🙄takes over. You’re seeing this place as a functioning Western nation when in fact it’s a country run by cargo cultists. Wearing a suit and driving a bummer doesn’t make you an economist or an engineer.
It was always been a third world country for the majority of the population
@@Elijah-zy6ce No.
It worked under Mandela and it worked under Mothlanthe. Mbeki and Zuma were absolute crooks, while Ramaphosa has neither improved neither worsened the situation.
@@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977 so living in a shanty town with no running water sewage and electricity is 'first world'??
If he really felt this sorry, he should have done something tangible like redistribute the land his white people were already at odds with him. He could have given Mandela a proper deal that ALL South Africans can benefit from and not this rainbow colour promise only. Who still owns the country?
this was......unexpected
No.
I admire FW De Klerk
De klerk was the one ended it ❤
Botha was the one who must apologize
❤ I believe you 💯
Apology accepted
(1 John: 1:9-10) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
Too late too little.
he stopped apartheid
Michael Richards could take a page out of this guy’s book
Apology not accepted
So is it better now for eg is the crime rate lower
De Klerk was a G. He worked with Mandela to dismantle apartheid. As a white, that’s huge.
Iies 😹😹😹😹
Whats he apologizing for?
R.I.P to the last great president off SUID.AFRIKA
what a joke 😂😂😂😂
@@Ariobarzan1987joke? Wish he wasnt president so that aprtheid couldve gone on
@@Ariobarzan1987ANC is a joke EFF is a joke People like you are the joke instead off voting for people that give service. You vote for ANC cause they helped fight apartheid Vote DA for jobs no Reason white people vote for VF plus no why becahse afrikaans people
@@Ariobarzan1987jou poez
Would South Africa have been better off with apartheid compared to what has happened?
Hoop die hel is vuurwarm Vir jou
Hy het fokol gedoen hy het apartheid geeindig nie begin nie nie aangehou nie hy kon fokol doen maar hyt iets gedoen so gaan jy hel toe
Courageous man ❤️
Humanity is alive bcz of people like him
RIP 💐
In thirty years time this will be jeffy Donaldson
not now, settings
Hmmm....
They need forgiveness and to stop planning revenge.
We all know if white people were on the receiving end, they would be out of revenge. Stop telling black people to forgive. Just leave us alone.
When will Africans apologize for mansa musa and his oppression reign?
His the last apartheid president. Not south Africas last white president. Who told you we won't have a white president in the future
We wont
Logic tells us that.
@@vhakisa South Africa really needs a white president, with a multi race government of course. The ANC have run South Africa into the ground, and it's fast becoming a third world country.
@@vhakisa You may well have if you choose on merits.
John Steenhuisen is going to try his best this year to be the next white president.
he was a great leader indeed
but the result was beninging
in de beninging
🤣🤣
Rip dear sir.......
Omg
This takes lots of courage and means alot. Thank you de Klerk thank you.
Cringe. He messed up as President.
How
Stem Ja in 1992 was a worst idea ever. Sold a lie by FW.
hows the new government getting along?
As well as a glass hammer.
SA needs yall back lol
And now look at South Africa, the image of a thriving rainbow nation.
Apartheid was not sustainable in the long run, Rhodesia fell, it was only a matter of time before ZA would meet the same fate.
Remember when these peepul used tae be on the news regularly in the 80s trying tae claim moral high ground , while the rest of the world look at thum knowing exactly wot kind of peepul they were , that’s you jeffy , that’s you n the loyalist dupers
Apologizing now that he's knocking on deaths door? Boy bye.
He helped dismantle apartheid as well but okay, stay mad.
I don't know why this guy is getting so much hate,he was the one who stopped apartheid
People these days think all white people are bad and make no effort to distinguish people as an individual.
@@theinfeno I am not a white man,though.
Because he’s white that’s why
Mandela stopped it not him it was still going to be abolished either way
@@lindelwanothandongcobo8863 Well he was the one to take initiative.
Fw clerk was just as instrumental in bringing down apartheid than Nelson Mandela. He didn’t get enough credit
Who even are you lol
Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of Apartheid , boasted that the black man would always be the servant of the white man. What was the black man supposed to do?. De Klerk was a great man.
But reality is that apartheid was around since the 1600s with slavery here
Eleribu
Why is there a picture of a black woman behind him?
It is a painting, why does it bother people so much?
My question
@@bradleyfynn2326 don’t act act dumb, we all know why it’s there
Was thinking same, considering how many black women his regime destroyed, using it as a 'prop'!☯️
It's an Irma Stern painting. Worth millions. In its original frame too! Look it up.