"De Klerk killed my children. They were innocent. They were not [PAC] forces," he said.
Ten years ago, de Klerk appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to apologize for apartheid and the crimes committed in defense of white rule but to deny any personal knowledge or responsibility.
He grew increasingly agitated under questioning by TRC lawyers sceptical of his attempts to distance himself from the killings.
"It's untenable that a Cabinet minister who sat in the State Security Council [SSC] meetings from 1985 to 1989 claims that he was unaware that gross human rights violations were being committed on an ongoing basis," said Howard Varney, a TRC investigator.
"Aside from the fact that plainly unlawful programs were being considered by the SSC meetings he attended, he would have been aware that the security forces were running amok on the ground. He took no steps to voice objections or distance himself or to restrain them in any way," Varney said.
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