FW de Klerk’s Final Send-off Not Finalised, State Funeral Not Guaranteed
- Former apartheid president FW De Klerk's funeral arrangements are still being planned
- There is a great deal of controversy over plans for him to potentially be granted a category 2 state funeral
- Many people are divided over De Klerk's legacy as the last apartheid president and many feel he does not deserve a state funeral
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PRETORIA - Former president FE De Klerk's funeral plans are not yet finalised and it is not clear whether he would be granted a state funeral.
According to the rules surrounding former presidents, De Klerk is entitled to a category 2 state funeral.
Source: UGC
However, many people are divided over the former president's legacy and his involvement in apartheid according to eNCA.
The exact date of his funeral is not yet known but there have already been a number of people and organisations such as the EFF who are opposed to De Klerk being honoured with a state funeral according to IOL.
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Social media users have taken to the internet to share their opinions on a stage funeral for De Klerk.
@EFFSouthAfrica:
"The EFF will oppose through public protest and all means necessary, a State funeral for a man who died without ever accounting for the blood on his hands. It cannot be the democracy that he killed so many to prevent, that honours F.W De Klerk."
Earlier, Briefly News reported that Nelson Mandela’s grandson Chief Mandla Mandela has social media peeps divided after sharing his tribute to South Africa's last apartheid president FW de Klerk. He's described the politician as a pillar of strength to his family adding that the "nation has lost a father".
In a statement released on Friday, Mandla went on to reiterate that while many may not have agreed with De Klerk's views, he had witnessed the great respect Nelson Mandela accorded him and has encouraged Mzansi to do the same.
He ended by reminding South Africans about the dreams of reconciliation his grandfather still had for this country.
He said citizens should draw on Mandela and De Klerk’s example “and charter a way forward so that indeed we may realise the shared vision”.
“In his memory and the memory of all our departed heroes let us not abandon the path of nation-building, national recollection and social cohesion," he writes.
Source: Briefly News
