What problems did Mandela face when he was released?

• By February 1990, Mandela had been released from prison, along with other political opponents, the ANC was unbanned and de Klerk was looking to abandon apartheid
• Just because one political system was being swept away, it didn’t guarantee what would replace it - a fairer and more equal political system was far from inevitable
• Mandela did not condemn violence or demand immediate sanction relief - he wanted to ensure his release was not a ploy to get the National Party off the hook
• De Klerk and Nationalists sought a power share with a 'white veto' option but ANC were after universal democracy, the path to it was challenging; South Africa's war-free status in the 1980s did not guarantee the same in the 1990s
• National Party; Difficult to get whites to leave 40 years of apartheid and many more of white supremacy behind (Conservative Party demanded a full return to apartheid and Nazi-style white racist groups threatened to fight for white South Africa E.g. AWB, led by Eugene Terre’Blanche) but the referendum change in 1992 - held to try and quell threat to the NP that they were no longer in charge (asked if the white’s supported the reforms)
• ANC; Goal: recruit 2 mil members by 1992 (wasn’t achieved)Go from a small organisation based abroad with a secret membership to a large organisation within South Africa; to meet needs of most black South Africans but Mandela unsure he could control the young, angry blacks in calls for non-violence due to the ANC being attacked by the police and the Zulu-dominated Inkatha party
• Winnie Mandela spoke out against trusting de Klerk, in favour of continuing violence, and after her accusations of missing funds, having affairs and killing the young activist Stompie Moeketsie, Nelson Mandela announced their separation