De Klerk Flashcards
took over as President
in Aug 1989
an Afrikaaner that believed in Apartheid but realised change was necessary
Cape Town
had its largest anti-apartheid march in 30 years, but De Klerk let it go ahead
1989
Oct - he released Walter Sisulu and other prisoners
started to
demolish petty Apartheid - beaches open to whites and blacks and the Separate Amenities Act was repealed
met Mandela
in Dec 1989 and agreed to lift the ban on ANC
1990
Feb - De Klerk announced that ban on PAC and 30 other organisations lifted, non-violent prisoners to be released, newspaper censorship lifted and Mandela released without condition
Mandela refused
to condemn violence or call for the lifting of sanctions
ANC wanted
a constitution that gave votes to all
De Klerk wanted “power-sharing”, with white vetos on all laws
Summer 1990
Mandela toured Europe and N America
government repealed the state of emergency
Pretoria Minute
Aug 1990 - ANC would end violence and the government would review the Internal Security Act
why end Apartheid
ANC was successfully making the country ungovernable
violence caused by government policies
sanctions were hurting industry
townships were out of control
Cold War
ended so there was no longer a soviet threat
why mandela released
appease black majority and get them to listen
mandela respected by opposition groups, so easier to control
appease international stage
Mandela’s power
symbolism
pressure on government
MK and Mandela
met the government’s violence with violence
showed committed to the fight
