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The End of Apartheid

In January 1986, President Botha surprised apartheid supporters with the declaration that South Africa had "outgrown the outdated concept of apartheid." The National Party then began conditional and augmentable change, at a slow constrained pace. In 1989 F.W. De Klerk was elected President; the South African economy had been deteriorating due to international sanctions, this convinced many South Africans that race relations needed to change; De Klerk promised to pursue a compromise.
Before actual negotiations could begin, meetings regarding the negotiating meetings were needed. These began in July 1984, after Minister of Justice Hendrik Coetsee paid several covert visits to imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela. The first meeting between the ANC and the National Party's representatives was held in October 1987 this meeting was held in complete secrecy in Great Britain, this initial meeting's success led to a second gathering in Kent, England. The......

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