Democracy: After 1980's

Question 1

What did the SA government of the 1980’s come to realise?

Answer 1

That the Apartheid system could not work because the rest of the world was putting a lot of pressure on South Africa.

Question 2

Who succeeded the Evil President…Mr PW Botha and in which year.

Answer 2

President FW De Klerk

1989

Question 3

In 1990 - Mr De Klerk announced 7 BIG changes that we was going to implement…can you list them?

Answer 3

1. Un-ban all political parties
2. Free political prisoners
3. Exiles can come home.
4. Free media - so now the radios etc could not be controlled by the government.
5. No seperate amenities for blacks and whites
6. All political parties can be free
7. If they arrest people they can only keep them in prison for 6 months and they must be given a lawyer & doctor.

Question 4

When was Nelson Mandela released?

Answer 4

11 February 1990 - I was 21:)

Question 5

What position in the ANC did he take up after he was released?

Answer 5

Vice President

Question 6

President De Klerk & Mandela started negotiating as soon as he got out of prison…what did they both want for SA?

Answer 6

A peaceful solution

A democratic system

Question 7

When did Mandela and De Klerk finally come to an agreement and what was that agreement called?

Answer 7

1993

Interim Constitution

Question 8

When were the first DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS

Answer 8

27 April 1994

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