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Split in South African ruling party 'healthy,' country's last white president says
THE CANADIAN PRESS 2008-11-03 14:34:00
TORONTO - The last white president of South Africa says deep divisions in the country's ruling party are healthy for the country's democratic development.
F.W. de Klerk says he does not fear the split in the African National Congress will lead to widespread violence. The co-winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize says South Africa's democracy is strong enough to withstand the change in what had been a monolothic governing party.
The ANC has governed South Africa since 1994, after de Klerk ended the apartheid system of legally entrenched whites-only rule.
Earlier, in a speech to a Bay Street crowd, de Klerk made an impassioned plea to rich countries to end discriminatory policies that are hampering African developmental efforts.
He said poverty, strife and tyranny go hand in hand, and developing countries have to support Third World efforts to strengthen their economies.
F.W. de Klerk says he does not fear the split in the African National Congress will lead to widespread violence. The co-winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize says South Africa's democracy is strong enough to withstand the change in what had been a monolothic governing party.
The ANC has governed South Africa since 1994, after de Klerk ended the apartheid system of legally entrenched whites-only rule.
Earlier, in a speech to a Bay Street crowd, de Klerk made an impassioned plea to rich countries to end discriminatory policies that are hampering African developmental efforts.
He said poverty, strife and tyranny go hand in hand, and developing countries have to support Third World efforts to strengthen their economies.
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