S.Africa declares four-day national mourning for last white President de Klerk

FILE PHOTO: Former South African President FW de Klerk addresses a news conference in Cape Town, July 26, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday declared four days of national mourning for South Africa's last white President FW de Klerk, who died on Thursday at his home in Cape Town after battling cancer.

De Klerk, who is credited with overseeing the peaceful transition from white-minority rule in South Africa to a Black-majority government led by Nelson Mandela, died on Thursday at the age of 85.