SA's last apartheid-era president FW de Klerk dies
Former president FW de Klerk has passed away.
He was 85.
He died at his Fresnaye home in Cape Town.
De Klerk, who was the last president of apartheid South Africa, was diagnosed with cancer in March.
"It is with the deepest sadness that we must announce that former president FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Cape Town earlier this morning following his struggle with cancer," says FW de Klerk Foundation's spokesperson Dave Steward.
"Mr de Klerk was 85-years-old and he is survived by his wife Elita, children and grandchildren.
"His family will in due course make an announcement regarding private funeral arrangements but we understand the president Ramaphosa will be making an announcement also regarding state funeral arrangements."
In 1993 De Klerk and Mandela jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for their roles in South Africa's "miracle" transition to democracy.
He later served as one of two executive deputy presidents in South Africa's new national unity government under Mandela from 1994, before retiring from active politics in 1997.
