Mandela met Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee to discuss talks between the government and the ANC. Mandela had insisted that negotiations could not be a private settlement over his own sentence: the apartheid state needed to address political organisation, the banned ANC, and the conditions that produced armed resistance. The conversation began a cautious process of “talks about talks,” while the ANC leadership remained in exile and South Africa’s mass movements faced repression.
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What did Mandela do later on the day of his release?
Mandela spent his first night after release at his family home in Soweto.
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Explanation
He first stayed in Cape Town, then in North Riding; he returned home on 13 February.