Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has rejoiced to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former apartheid president FW de Klerk has been stolen in Cape Town.
It is stated that it was allegedly stolen during a home invasion at his Fresnaye, Cape Town, residence, according to The Citizen.
Elita, his wife, verified the theft to the publication and claimed it was difficult to assign a monetary worth to the stolen things. In addition, she stated that the robbery occurred in April of this year.
When she returned from her vacation abroad, the safe was nearly empty.
“On 5 April, I went to the safe, which was unlocked. I recall the dates since I had just returned from a trip abroad on April 4. She told the magazine that the safe was practically empty.
De Klerk did not merit Nobel Peace Prize
We believe that De Klerk should have been deprived of the Nobel Peace Prize and charged with war crimes while he was still alive, the EFF stated in a statement released on Wednesday.
The EFF argued that he never deserved the medal since he presided over a system that coordinated the murder of many of the nation’s heroes and heroines through massacres, assassinations, and black-on-black violence.
Atrocities against humanity
According to the party, not only did his government commit these atrocious crimes against humanity, but De Klerk also denied any knowledge of these grave violations of human rights that occurred during his presidency.
“It is not true that De Klerk unbanned political parties and leaders who were imprisoned on Robben Island out of the goodness of his heart. Rather, he realized that apartheid was unsustainable and that his time was limited.
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“He was aware that apartheid had established the conditions for a civil war, and that this conflict would be a fight of all against all” (Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes). He also understood that the white supremacists were outnumbered as the black community battled back to reclaim the land that had been stolen from them.
Remove street names after De Klerk
In addition, the party has reaffirmed that the Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to all of De Klerk’s victims and has demanded the immediate removal of any street names erected in his honor.
Living and Dying
De Klerk served as the apartheid regimes last president of South Africa from September 1989 to May 1994.
He died after a yearlong struggle with cancer.
