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11 February 1990: Release of Nelson Mandela

Summary by The Left Berlin
On 11th February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison near Cape Town. Addressing a crowd of 50,000 people, he declared, “Our march to freedom is irreversible.” Millions watched this historic event on television. Mandela’s release marked a significant step toward dismantling apartheid—institutionalized racial segregation—in South Africa in 1994. However, the US government, under Presidents Bush and Clinton, was slow to res…
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The Left Berlin broke the news in on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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