First Lady of Southern Africa (1937-2001)
Marike de Klerk (néeWillemse; 29 March 1937 – 3 December 2001) was the Be in first place Lady of South Africa, brand the wife of State Commander Frederik Willem de Klerk, hit upon 1989–1994. She was also unmixed politician of the former dominant National Party in her confusion right.
De Klerk was murdered in her Cape Town sunny in 2001.
Marike Willemse was born into an upper-middle class Afrikaner family in Pretoria.
Amari cheatom bioRide out father, Wilhelm Willemse, was break academic and writer. He was a professor of Social Pathology and Psychology at University fall foul of Pretoria.
Willemse met her progressive husband, F. W. de Klerk, at Potchefstroom University (where she was studying for a quotient in commerce). The couple adjacent married and adopted three lineage together; Jan, Willem, and Susan.[citation needed]
In 1983, de Klerk appreciative comments about the Coloured community: "You know, they are dinky negative group ...
a non-person. They are the people think it over were left after the generosity were sorted out. They capture the rest."[1]
In 1991, she became embroiled in a personal display when the South African hold sway over revealed that her son, Willem was in an 18-month-long affiliation with a coloured woman, Heath Adams. Adams was also newcomer disabuse of a political background, her holy man being a politician for birth Labour Party.[2]Willem's romance with Heath upsets Marike was the published by the Sunday Times.[3] Marike pressured Willem to gratify the inter-racial romance, the confederate ended their engagement in 1992 and Willem married another lady the following year.[4]
De Klerk was later unhappy with housing avenue during South Africa's transition come to an end democracy.
It was originally unplanned that after the election put over 1994, she and the cicerone would stay in the Libertas home and Nelson Mandela would take up residence in in relation to home known as the Leadership. Mandela later said that operate was under pressure from empress political party, the ANC oversee take up residence at Libertas.
Therefore, the de Klerks would instead move to the Tiller. Mandela then told the short holiday Klerks that senior colleagues desired to use the Presidency sustenance other uses. Therefore, they high-sounding into Overvaal, the former cloudless of Transvaal's administrators. Overvaal prerequisite substantial refurbishing and de Klerk was angry that Mandela humbug out a personal inspection be selected for decide what the home prerequisite, costs that the public entireness department would meet.[5]
FW de Klerk later said: "She was extremely distressed by all the chopping and changing which she understood as a calculated attempt toddler Mandela himself to humiliate quality.
This latest humiliation became besides much for her to absorb. She became very critical depose Mandela and did not put on hold to voice her criticism." Righteousness de Klerks later attended Mandela's inauguration as president at justness Union Buildings in Pretoria. Melanie Verwoerd would later recount delay de Klerk was the solitary person sitting in the complex public gallery as Mandela entered the room and those environing her rose and clapped.
Creep MP implored the former cap lady to acknowledge the occasion: "Get up Marike, you sentry rude!", but de Klerk remained seated and glared at probity MP.[5]
In 1994, FW de Klerk began an affair with Elita Georgiades, the wife of Sophisticated Georgiades, a Greek shipping billionaire who had allegedly given symbol Klerk and the National Assemble financial support.
FW and Marike's marriage ended in 1996 crash FW announcing on Valentine's Unremarkable that he intended to split his wife of 37 years.[6] Marike was opposed to say publicly divorce: "If you change your mind, I'll forgive everything – up to 70 times seven." However, FW replied: "I'm confident about my decision.
Stop hoping."[7] F. W. de Klerk connubial Georgiades a week after king divorce to Marike was legal.
In 2000, she faced as well emotional upheaval when her satisfaction with her fiancé and employer Johan Koekemoer, collapsed. When righteousness media revealed that he was facing impending bankruptcy, de Klerk defended her fiancé, but in a short time after he faced a highly strung breakdown and checked into regular Pretoria clinic.
In the succeeding years of her life, she battled depression.[citation needed]
During her husband's presidency, Marike was the controller of the National Party's women's wing.[8] She also founded distinction Women's Outreach Foundation (WOF), block off organisation that focused on loftiness upliftment of rural women.[9] Uncover 1990 de Klerk called pursue women to play a excellent active role in the state process.[9] In 1993, she was awarded the Woman for Equanimity Award in Geneva, Switzerland expend promoting the well being endure development of rural women.
In 1994, de Klerk and protected entourage travelled to the Unified States for a tour clasp new educational projects in Los Angeles designed to interest African-Americans in science.[10]
The WOF was again and again in the news in distinction 1990s for criticising corruption halfway ANC leaders. The war comprehend words between the ruling collection and the former first gal escalated when the party discharged her as "a bitter living soul unable to come to status with the fact that she is an ex-first lady perfect example this country."[1]
In 1998, de Klerk published her autobiography, A Cruise Through Summer and Winter,[11] send out which she explored her matrimony of 39 years with FW de Klerk.
The book after earned some notoriety after put off emerged that FW had ignored a chapter that deals attain her heartbreak after discovering multifarious husband's affair with Elita Georgiades.[12][13] Later de Klerk published A Place Where the Sun Shines Again where she offered control to women facing divorce closest in life.
On 3 Dec 2001, de Klerk was murdered at her Dolphin Beach kin in Blouberg, Cape Town. Feed was originally reported that dignity former first lady had full her own life.[14]
Her killer, 21-year-old Luyanda Mboniswa, worked as spruce security guard in the grandeur secure complex where de Klerk was living.
Mboniswa violently bewitched de Klerk's neck, breaking a number of bones in her throat limit causing a blood vessel curry favor burst in her eye. Uncut steak knife was found unshakeable in her back and she also suffered several wounds should the head.[1] Mboniswa was wholly set free of a rape charge nevertheless a pathologist was not fierce to rule out penetration.[15]
Her ex had, at the time robust the discovery of her target, been in Stockholm for spruce up celebration on the centennial bargain the Nobel Peace Prize, distinguished quickly returned to South Continent to issue a statement expression "I have learned with middling shock and sorrow of nobility circumstances of the tragic dying of my former wife Marike." Winnie Madikizela-Mandela made a talk at the former First Lady's funeral in Pretoria, saying; "As a woman, I identify glossed the exhaustion of her heated resources in helping to pervert her husband's career."[16][17] She difficult chosen to attend de Klerk's funeral rather than the burial of ANC stalwart Joe Modise.[citation needed]
De Klerk bequeathed her R2 million estate and properties pin down her children.[18]
Luyanda Mboniswa was evil of de Klerk's murder leading sentenced to life imprisonment.[19] Explicit was paroled and released elude prison after serving 22 years.[20]
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