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What happened on this day in history
In 1990, South Africa’s President, FW de Klerk, promised to free Nelson Mandela.
2 FEBRUARY is quite a popular date in South African history, with events significant to our democracy and rainbow nation taking place on this day.
On this day:
1915 – Eban Abba, Israeli statesman, is born in Cape Town
1989 – Apartheid leader, PW Botha, resigns
1990 – FW de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political organisations
1990 – The Harms Commission terms of reference are laid out
1994 – President FW de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held
1996 – Minister of Constitutional Development, Roelf Meyer, resigns
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