Forgive FW de Klerk, Gauteng DA leader John Moodey tells SA | SheldonMorais
Gauteng DA leader and federal leader candidate John Moodey says calls that former president FW de Klerk be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize are"a step too far".De Klerk faced a renewed wave of criticism recently after he told SABC News that apartheid was not a crime against humanity. Speaking through his foundation, De Klerk later retracted the statement and apologised"for the confusion, anger and hurt that it has caused".
"Through the De Klerk Foundation, the former president has retracted the hurtful statement and apologised. I forgive him," Moodey said in his statement.ALSO READ |It appears not everyone in the DA shared Moodey's views. DA leader in KwaZulu-Natal, Zwakele Mncwango, has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead a drive to have De Klerk's prize withdrawn.
"All those years, I thought he was genuine, and even his foundation defended his comments, which means they also believed he is right. The apology is kind of fake because he only apologised under pressure from South Africans and the international community," Mncwango was quoted in a report on
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