The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new interim Constitutio
F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela in July 1993, near the close of negotiations, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania wait to jointly receive the Liberty Medal.
Gatsha Buthelezi
South African President F. W. de Klerk in May 1990.
De Klerk and Mandela at the World Economic Forum in January 1992, shortly after CODESA I.
General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994. The elections were the first in South Africa in which citizens of all races could vote, bringing an end to the herrenvolk demo
Nelson Mandela 1994
Buthelezi 2
Clarence Makwetu
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