✦ History

Release of Nelson Mandela

February 11, 1990 · Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl

Nelson Mandela walked free from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years in prison, nine days after President de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC. Negotiations to end apartheid followed.

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Nelson Mandela ANC leader, Released F. W. de Klerk State President, Ordered the release

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1994 South African general election April 26–29, 1994

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