
02/02/2025
This Day in History - February'2, 1990
Ban on African National Congress lifted
On this day in 1990, South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted the 30-year ban on the African National Congress, resulting in the release from prison of Nelson Mandela and marking the beginning of the end of apartheid.
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