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Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed

Date
2 May 1990
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed

The Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) were held on 2, 3 and 4 May 1990.  These talks took place at the most delicate stage of negotiations.  Violence in the townships was still widespread, and growing more brutal. In what became known as the Groote Schuur Minute the parties agreed on conditions to be met for ending political conflict in South Africa. The conditions included the release of political prisoners, the return of political exiles, and the gradual lifting of the nationwide State of Emergency. The Groote Schuur talks were followed by the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in 1991 and 1992.

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  1. 01Kalley, 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.
  2. 02Boddy-Evans A. ‘Groote Schuur Minute’, from About.com African History, [online], available, at www.africanhistory.about.com(Accessed: 25 April 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, April 25). Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082426

South African History Online (2012) 'Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed', South African History Online, 25 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082426 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).

South African History Online, Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082426, (accessed 5 August 2026).

"Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed." South African History Online, 25 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082426. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Talks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed." South African History Online. April 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082426.

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