The ANC suspends negotiations after Boipatong

The proposal combined a short multiparty transition with an elected constitution-making process and a temporary coalition government.

In a whites-only referendum, a large majority supported De Klerk's negotiation policy, weakening the white right's claim to block the transition.

Negotiators failed to agree on constitution-making thresholds and interim arrangements, leading the ANC to intensify mass action.

Rallies and work stoppages demanded an interim government and an elected constituent assembly.

Attackers killed more than forty residents of Boipatong. Survivors and the ANC alleged complicity or failure by state security forces.

The Tripartite Alliance used mass action to demand an interim government, majority rule and effective measures against political violence.

The meeting sought a way out of the post-Boipatong deadlock and prepared the ground for renewed constitutional negotiations.

Troops opened fire on an ANC-led march demanding free political activity, killing twenty-eight people and injuring many more.

At a peace summit, the leaders reopened the path to constitutional talks after Boipatong and Bisho.

The agreement addressed political prisoners, hostels, dangerous weapons, an elected constituent assembly and mechanisms to overcome deadlock.