‘’Discuss How the Release of Nelson Mandela Benefitted the Negotiation Process.’’
‘’Discuss how the release of Nelson Mandela benefitted the negotiation process.’’
When Mandela was released from prison the negotiation process was virtually non-existent and it only began when he and De Klerk sat down and talked about the state of affairs that the country was in and a way forward. Without him the negotiation process would have probably been abandoned due to ongoing conflict and distrust between the two party’s. Mandela was a master of leadership and in him were the skills needed to negotiate the way forward from the apartheid era. The paragraphs below shall elaborate.
After Mandela was released from prison talks were immediately setup so that some sort of understanding could be reached. The Groote Schuur Minute was the first official meeting, in the meeting the two leaders saw fit to first solve the ongoing violence as there had been violent clashes between protesters and police in Sebokeng in April. In these talks Mandela also managed to convince De Klerk to do away with the Separate Amenities Act which made life very difficult for the black man. This shows that Mandela had a significant benefit at this stage of the negotiation process.
The Pretoria Minute was the second meeting between the two party officials. There they met to discuss a way forward for the country. De Klerk and Mandela were fierce negotiators and neither would compromise their position but as they had done before the two men came to an understanding that violence in the country could not continue. At the end of the talks Mandela came out and announced that it was the end of the Armed Struggle. This was an attempt to quell the clashes between the whites and the blacks which were costing the country huge amount of human capital. But there was also black on black violence as leftist extremists were unhappy that the ANC was negotiating with the NP and the Afrikaner right wing organisations were also unhappy. The black on black violence was witnessed in Sebokeng when Inkatha
When Mandela was released from prison the negotiation process was virtually non-existent and it only began when he and De Klerk sat down and talked about the state of affairs that the country was in and a way forward. Without him the negotiation process would have probably been abandoned due to ongoing conflict and distrust between the two party’s. Mandela was a master of leadership and in him were the skills needed to negotiate the way forward from the apartheid era. The paragraphs below shall elaborate.
After Mandela was released from prison talks were immediately setup so that some sort of understanding could be reached. The Groote Schuur Minute was the first official meeting, in the meeting the two leaders saw fit to first solve the ongoing violence as there had been violent clashes between protesters and police in Sebokeng in April. In these talks Mandela also managed to convince De Klerk to do away with the Separate Amenities Act which made life very difficult for the black man. This shows that Mandela had a significant benefit at this stage of the negotiation process.
The Pretoria Minute was the second meeting between the two party officials. There they met to discuss a way forward for the country. De Klerk and Mandela were fierce negotiators and neither would compromise their position but as they had done before the two men came to an understanding that violence in the country could not continue. At the end of the talks Mandela came out and announced that it was the end of the Armed Struggle. This was an attempt to quell the clashes between the whites and the blacks which were costing the country huge amount of human capital. But there was also black on black violence as leftist extremists were unhappy that the ANC was negotiating with the NP and the Afrikaner right wing organisations were also unhappy. The black on black violence was witnessed in Sebokeng when Inkatha