Factors forcing De Klerk to begin dismantling

• Pre-existing Factors: Lack of law and order (nearing civil war), failing economy and the National Party losing support and Conservative Party gaining
• Under de Klerk's Control: End of Cold War, no threat from international Soviet threat
• De Klerk's Hopes: Negotiation with Mandela, religious beliefs about God's call to end Apartheid, secret meetings with ANC leaders, ‘power sharing’ idea and potential for NP to hold power through other black organisations (e.g. Inkatha)
• De Klerk's Hopes: Negotiation with Mandela, religious beliefs about God's call to end Apartheid, secret meetings with ANC leaders, ‘power sharing’ idea and potential for NP to hold power through other black organisations (e.g. Inkatha)