De Klerk

• what was the state of south africa when deklerk rose to presidency in 1989?

  on the brink of a civil war

  economic decline

  national party was loosing support

  support from US and UK declined as threat of communism was gone
• what was de klerks new course?

  statement that the government would work towards an equal south africa with rights for all
• how would de klerk work towards his new course?

  he had to negotiate with opposition groups so had to unban those organisations
• when was mandela relased from prison?

  11 february 1990
• what was the significance of mandela's release?

  he was a symbol of the oppression caused by apartheid
• what was the relationship between mandela and de klerk?


  they were close and had been meeting in secret and agreed to work towards peace