Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The six frontline states of Angola , Botswana , Mozambique , Tanzania , Zambia and Zimbabwe called on the South African government to release Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners. They urged the South African government to lift its ban on political parties such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They also urged the United States and other European countries to increase their pressure on South Africa and push it towards negotiation with South Africa's liberation movements. The following year on 16 September, The European Economic Community (EEC) imposed sanctions against South Africa in an effort to increase the pressure..

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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012604

South African History Online (2011) 'Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012604 (Accessed: 27 October 2026).

South African History Online, Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012604, (accessed 27 October 2026).

"Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012604. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Frontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012604.