History Post: Cyril Ramaphosa Looks at 60 Years of Apartheid South Africa

However, political parties such as the ANC, Pan Africanist Congress, and others resisted the system.

The government broke up the meeting and arrested 150 people, charging them with high treason.

de Klerk in 1989.

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Upon his release, Mandela was given his possessions which consisted of 22 boxes and one surfboard.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa looks reflects on the day that marked 60 years since the formation of apartheid in South Africa. Image: Jerome Delay/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

President Cyril Ramaphosa looks reflects on the day that marked 60 years since the formation of apartheid in South Africa. Image: Jerome Delay/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images

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