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F W de Klerk

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FW de Klerk, former President of South Africa
In a HARDtalk interview broadcast on 8th July, Stephen Sackur talks to the former President of South Africa, FW de Klerk.


As world leaders at the G8 meeting call for tougher sanctions on Zimbabwe,

Robert Mugabe defiantly tells them to stop meddling in his country's affairs.

As the Zimbabwean economy heads into freefall and a refugee crisis threatens its neighbours, Stephen Sackur talks to the former South African president F W de Klerk.

Can an African solution to the crisis be found -- and is Thabo Mbeki is the right man to negotiate one?

HARDtalk is broadcast on BBC World News at 03:30 GMT, 08:30 GMT, 14:30 GMT, 20:30 GMT and 22:30 GMT.

Hardtalk can also be seen on BBC News at 04:30 & 23:30.

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Stephen Sackur asks FW de Klerk why he thinks Robert Mugabe's time as Zimbabwean President is over


Stephen Sackur asks FW de Klerk about sanctions and the military option in Zimbabwe


FW de Klerk talks about prospects for a government of national unity in Zimbabwe and whether unrest there could affect the rest of Africa




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