Daily Maverick

← Daily Maverick8 Sept · 6 min

Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes

Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes8 Sept6 min

Minutes reveal former apartheid president FW De Klerk told his final Cabinet meeting that an agreement with Nelson Mandela and the ANC on indemnity for apartheid crimes was reached 48 hours before the 1994 election – igniting accountability questions. Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm explains.