Mandela spent an afternoon in conversation with Ahmed Kathrada at Pollsmoor. They had been comrades for decades and had been transferred together from Robben Island. Their conversation represents the political and intellectual life prisoners sustained under confinement, even as authorities restricted their contact with family, organisations, and the wider public.
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Did Mandela’s release on 11 February 1990 mean apartheid had ended?
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His release opened a new phase but apartheid was dismantled over the following years.
Mandela’s release by itself ended apartheid and the political struggle.
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Negotiations and mass political struggle continued after his release.