SPEECHES
FAMOUS SPEECHES
- First speech to Parliament after election as leader of the National Party, 8 February 1989
- Speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990, on the launching of the constitutional transformation process
- Speech to Parliament, June 1991, on the final abolition of apartheid
- Speech to Parliament, 24 March 1993, on the dismantling of South Africa’s nuclear weapons
- Speech in acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 10 December 1993
- Speech to Parliament, 21 December 1993, on the adoption of the 1993 Constitution
- Concession speech on 2 May 1994 following the 27 April 1994 election
- The Adoption of the 1996 Constitution, 8 May 1996
- Principles of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Coventry Cathedral, 2 September 1997
- The Effect of Sanctions on Constitutional Change in South Africa, Paris, 14 June 2004
- Die Status van Afrikaans in 2007, Tweede Taalberaad, 23 Februarie 2007
- FW de Klerk responds to attacks on his reputation, 28 July 2007
- Seven Threats to the Constitution, UNW, 12 October 2009
- The Need for Real Transformation, Foundation Annual Conference, 31 January 2012
- The Importance of Property Rights, SAPOA, 31 May 2012
- The Struggle for Equality, Barry Streek Lecture, 6 September 2012
- Cultural and Language Rights, Brussels, 4 November 2012
- Africa Today and Africa Tomorrow, 15 October 2013
- The Constitution, State Capture and the Way Forward, 2 February 2018
- Dealing with the Past, Cape Town Press Club, 1 October 2020
- Diversity in multicultural societies and answers challenging questions about South Africa’s history at a speech presented to the Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School on 7 February, 2001.
SPEECHES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICANS
On Friday, 14 July, the FW de Klerk Foundation, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), hosted a conference on the topic of property rights at the Bryanston Country Club in Johannesburg.
THE CONSTITUTION, STATE CAPTURE AND THE WAY FORWARD
SPEECH BY FW DE KLERK, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS OF THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION TO THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONFERENCE, 2 FEBRUARY 2018 THE CONSTITUTION,
AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA TOMORROW
AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA TOMORROW SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERKTO THE 30 CLUBLONDON 15 OCTOBER 2013 AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA TOMORROW It
FW DE KLERK RESPONDS TO CHARGES THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
STATEMENT BY F W DE KLERK ON RECENT PRESS REPORTS CAPE TOWN, 26 JULY 2007 Last Friday a report appeared in the Mail & Guardian
FW DE KLERK SPEECH ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION
FW DE KLERK SPEECH ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION TOESPRAAK DEUR ADJUNKPRESIDENT F W DE KLERK, GRONDWETDEBAT, 8 MEI 1996 Vandag bereik ons