Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence

Updated: 12 Feb 2020

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Summary

On 2^nd February 1990, President FW De Klerk went to the South African Parliament and announced the unbanning of the ANC and other political organisations. He also announced that Nelson Mandela, the only remaining Rivonia Trialist still in prison, would be released on Sunday 11^th February 1990.

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South African History Online. (2020, February 12). Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149953

South African History Online (2020) 'Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence', South African History Online, 12 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149953 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

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"Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence." South African History Online, 12 Feb. 2020, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149953. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence." South African History Online. February 12, 2020. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149953.