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Nov 12, 2021 · De Klerk released Mandela later that year, and after five years of tempestuous and difficult negotiations, Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa—and de...
The first significant steps towards formal negotiations took place in February 1990 when, in his speech at the opening of Parliament, de Klerk announced the repeal of the ban on the ANC and other banned political organisations, as well as Mandela's release after 27 years in prison.
Feb 16, 1997 · A TV movie that dramatizes the negotiations between Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa. Starring Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine, the film features historical footage and locations.
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- Joseph Sargent
- 1997-02-16
Mandela and de Klerk is a 1997 made-for-television drama film written by Richard Wesley and directed by Joseph Sargent. The film stars Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine. The film documents the negotiations between F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela to end South African apartheid, and was nominated for numerous awards in 1997 and 1998.
Learn More. F.W. de Klerk, politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela jointly received the 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Nov 11, 2021 · In 1990 South Africa's President Frederik Willem de Klerk decided to release Nelson Mandela, leader of the liberation movement, who had been in prison since 1963. Following the release, the two politicians worked together to bring an end to the policy of racial segregation.
Jul 17, 2020 · HISTORY & CULTURE. EXPLAINER. How Nelson Mandela fought apartheid—and why his work is not complete. This activist dedicated his life to dismantling racism—and went from being the world’s most...
