1990 De Klerk Terminates South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme
On 26 February FW de Klerk issued orders to terminate the country's nuclear weapons programme, which until then had been a state secret. South Africa becomes the first country in the world to voluntary give-up its nuclear weapons programme.
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