The ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute

Date: 6 Aug 1990
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Pretoria Minute is agreed upon by the government and the African National Congress (ANC), concerning release of political prisoners, return of exiles, obstacles in the Internal Security Act and suspension of violence by the ANC. The ANC later learned that the Pretoria Minute was not binding on Homelands government. Homelands like Bophutatswana were not willing to accept the Pretoria Minute and the South African government was unwilling to put pressure on these governments to accept them. As a result, the ANC considered the possibility of continuing military campaign in Bophutatswana.

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02African National Congress, 'The Pretoria Minute', from African National Congress,[Online], Available at www.anc.org.za,[Accessed: 02 August 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012901

South African History Online (2011) 'The ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012901 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).

South African History Online, The ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012901, (accessed 23 July 2026).

"The ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012901. Accessed 23 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012901.