f.w. declercq. would both of them, it not have been a peaceful resolution. some ways it was more difficult for declercq than mandela. serious point. mandela was receiving power -- mandela was receiving power of the that stage most struggle had already been won. he was receiving power, declercq was having to persuade his own people to give it up and to give up before he had actually been defeated. a different ituation which the world had not seen before. declercq realized he needed the although elected not at that were white time. he called the referendum, by the leadership, f his he persuaded 60% of white south the daysto accept that of apartheid were over. even then, it required mandela credit to go through long months of negotiation, not only with the support of his in the enc in order to deliver not just a transfer f power, but the transfer of power that offered the prospect of peace for all of the people of south africa. said this is not about moving from white to black, domination.d be no he didn't just believe that, he ofcticed it with every fiber his b