
FW de Klerk with Nelson Mandela in 1994. The two men shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating South Africa’s transition to democracy © Walter Dhladhla/AFP/Getty Images
For South African Lukhanyo Calata, the son of a murdered activist, the death this month of apartheid’s last president FW de Klerk represents a missed opportunity. “He’s gone, and he’s gone with answers that we needed,” said Calata.