F.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from prison, unconditionally the … Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of Mandela before, but always with conditions. As de Klerk's … in parliament, P. W. Botha had offered to release Mandela on condition that he renounce violence. This offer …