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Refused to put in sanctions against apartheid south africa

You are still clasping at straws. Our government here refused to put in sanctions against South Africa in the eighties but you did not criticise Haughey when he died because of that did you
Actually the first foreirn former head of state to confirm he was coming to Mrs T.'s funeral was Fw de Clerk, the man who dismantled Apartheid and let Mandela out of prison. “Thatcher did more to release Nelson Mandela out of prison than any of the other hundreds of anti-apartheid committees, in Europe,” Pik Botha, the last foreign minister of the apartheid regime, said Tuesday on Talk Radio 702 in Johannesburg.

F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid-era president of South Africa, said in a statement that Thatcher, whom he called a friend, was “a steadfast critic of apartheid.” He said she had a better grasp of the complexities and realities of South Africa than many of her contemporaries.

“She exerted more influence in what happened in South Africa than any other political leader who at that stage was in the international political stage,” de Klerk said. He said Thatcher “correctly believed” that more could be achieved through constructive engagement with his government than international sanctions and isolation of the South African government.

Thatcher argued that sanctions were immoral because they would hurt South African blacks and throw thousands out of work.