The Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to South Africa's last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, was stolen from his Cape Town home six months ago, his foundation revealed on Wednesday.
Nelson Mandela, President of the South African National Congress , and South African President FW de Klerk display their Nobel Peace Prizes in Oslo, Norway, after being awarded jointly the prize for their work to end apartheid peacefully, on December 9, 1993. — The Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to South Africa's last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, was stolen from his Cape Town home six months ago, his foundation revealed on Wednesday.
"I can confirm that the Nobel Peace Prize belonging to FW de Klerk was stolen from his home earlier this year," Brenda Steyn, the foundation's legacy manager told AFP.Mandela and De Klerk were jointly awarded the prestigious laurel in Oslo"for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
Mandela then became South Africa's first black president after his African National Congress party won the first democratic election. De Klerk's widow Elita Georgiades suspects a former house employee who worked for the family for seven years was behind the theft, said Steyn.
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