Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
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Date: 2 May, 1990
The Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) was held on 2, 3 and 4 May 1990. In what became known as the Groote Schuur Minute the parties reached agreement on conditions for full-scale negotiations on ending political conflict in South Africa. The conditions included the release of political prisoners and return of political exiles, and the gradual lifting of the nationwide State of Emergency.
Click here to read the text of the Groote Schuur Minute.
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Sources:
Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
