The speech marked the beginning of the long-awaited transition from apartheid to democracy.
made a speech in parliament, announcing sweeping reforms, including the release of political prisoners like Nelson Mandela.The decision to release Mandela paved the way for the birth of a new South Africa.
In his opening address to parliament in 1990, De Klerk unbanned the African National Congress, Pan-Africanist Congress and South African Communist Party.Nine days later Mandela was freed from prison after 27 years behind bars.
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