President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address at parliament in Cape Town on February 13, 2020.
Ramaphosa, answering questions in parliament, broke public silence on De Klerk’s comments, which the former president withdrew following an outcry. But, in an interview last week on the national broadcaster SABC, he sparked fury by denying that apartheid was a crime against humanity, despite the UN declaring it such.
The ANC is the ruling African National Congress which under Mandela fought an underground battle against apartheid.De Klerk’s remarks culminated in lawmakers from the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters staging a rowdy protest in parliament at the annual State of the Union address last week, demanding he be ejected from the legislature.
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