Frederick Beyers Naude; Cleric Convinced of Apartheid's Biblical Basis Who Became a Key Player in the Anti-Apartheid Movement

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Beyers Naude, an Afrikaner cleric who spent half his life using the Bible to justify apartheid before becoming one of the anti- apartheid movement's most important moral voices, has died aged 89.

Nelson Mandela, a close friend, described Naude as a true humanitarian and added: "His life is a shining beacon to all South Africans. His life shows what it means to rise above race and to be a true South African."

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Frederick Beyers Naude; Cleric Convinced of Apartheid's Biblical Basis Who Became a Key Player in the Anti-Apartheid Movement

South Africa's former white rulers denounced Naude as a traitor and tried to prevent him from spreading his message of racial tolerance. His church marginalised him and many whites ostracised him.

But, with the fall ...

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