ANC booklet containing the full text of a document presented by Nelson Mandela to P W Botha in July 1989, stating his views on the armed struggle, relations with the South African Communist Party and majority rule.
Archive record
The Mandela Document
- Origin date
- January 1990
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). The Mandela Document. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0112013
South African History Online (2016) 'The Mandela Document', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0112013 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, The Mandela Document [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0112013, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"The Mandela Document." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0112013. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "The Mandela Document." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0112013.
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