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Vlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
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Vlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981

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Nelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
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Nelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world

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TRC
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Nelson Mandela admits to the torture of dissident guerrillas

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A curfew is lifted in Venda
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A curfew is lifted in Venda

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FW de Klerk's 1990 address to Parliament: The day the apartheid president broke political deadlock
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Reconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng

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Nelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
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Nelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC

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Nelson Mandela
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ANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally

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Mangosuthu and Mandela
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Negotiations between Nelson Mandela and Mangosutho Buthelezi

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ANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
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ANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off

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Sebokeng
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Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng

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NP government abandons segregated education

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The seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
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The seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts

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Namibia gains Independence
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Namibia gains Independence

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Mandela and Tambo meet in Sweden
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Mandela and Tambo meet in Sweden

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Nelson Mandela continues his international tour
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Nelson Mandela continues his international tour

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ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
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ANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands

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Violence erupts in Bophuthatswana Townships and Kathlehong
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Violence erupts in Bophuthatswana Townships and Kathlehong

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South Africa sends troops to Ciskei
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South Africa sends troops to Ciskei

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Hundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
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Hundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island

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Mandela visits Zambia
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Mandela visits Zambia

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Mandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
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Mandela addresses ANC rally in Durban

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Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison

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Fifty killed over three days during Inkatha
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Fifty killed over three days during Inkatha

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Mike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
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Mike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed

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Nelson Mandela is free
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Nelson Mandela is free

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Still from de Klerk's 1990 press conference announcing Mandela's release
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F.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February

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Namibia’s constitution is ratified
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Namibia’s constitution is ratified

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Holimisa
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Political Organisations are unbanned in Transkei

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Scales of justice and judges gavel, Source: Shutterstock
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The Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force

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The reconstructed remains of Pan Am flight 103 lie in a warehouse in Farnborough, England .PETER MACDIARMID/GETTY IMAGES
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Nelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists

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