| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The then President, FW de Klerk, was a key figure in achieving a negotiated settlement against a backdrop of a potential civil war.Mr. De Klerk has since been portrayed in various ways: as a pragmatist who understood the grave dangers of continuing minority rule; as a man who betrayed the interests of his constituency; as a patriot who acted in the broader interests of the South African nation.The
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