Emergency rule imposed to suppress blacks rebellion. NP decides to seek political system that encludes blacks. Gov't begins secret negations with Mandela. U.S. imposes sanctions. De Klerk legalizes ANC, frees Mandela, begins talks to end apartheid.
Emergency rules is lifted.
Apartheid laws scrapped. Govt and ANC strike a power sharing deal. First elections set for April 1994. Mandela and De Klerk win Nobel Peace Prize. Inkatha Freedom party ends vote boycott in return for constitutionals guarantees for Zulu Monarch and right to self-determination.