Difference Between Political Relations Between 1990-1990s

The period 1990-1994, negotiations between the nationalist party and the ANC took place. As this was a need for the country, the current Prime Minister, P.W Botha, didn’t support or have the vision for, was forced to stand down. Under the influence of President De Klerk, who had the foresight to recognise the power of the change to a democratic country, who paved the way in the support of change? To unban certain parties such as the ANC and PAC, he also at the time drove the policy of change to avoid a massacre in South Africa. As sensitive an issue the country was on the path to this, given the sanctions that had been imposed on South Africa. The nationalists had been very controlling and hence the reaction from the outside world was prominent.
President De Klerk met with the ANC illegally in Lusaka to start the process .Politicians also probed the way and held discussions in secret. It was important that all parties sit and discuss the way forward. With the influence of prominent business leaders who embraced the change these secret discussions took place prior to 1990.This would open up the process but there was still hesitancy on the transition to a democratic country. Not all parties were supportive of the change, Conservative party with a lot of the AWB members, PAC and AZAPO were
There were radical steps and change to be made and the timelines were not sustainable in the current economic environment .One can argue and say that it was all planned, but reality it wasn’t as simple and the main reasons in my opinion was that there was an assumption to change but realistically the support and the logistics had not been in place. Hence a slow process which has probably led to a worsen situation .Still to this underlying currents such as reaction from the Freedom party that are under a precarious leader, Julius Malema that would opt for the radical change that perhaps is not democracy at