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On 2 February 1990, some exiles were woken by telephone calls from South Africa. Leaked copies of a statement to be made by de Klerk disclosed a fundamental shift in the policies of the South African government. The rumours were confirmed later that day. De Klerk in his Presidential address to Parliament announced that he intended to undertake major reforms of apartheid. Nelson Mandela was to be released. Nine days later, still stunned, exiles waited next to televisions for Mandela to come through the prison gates (Wolpe, 1994).
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Israel, M. (1999). The End of Exile. In: South African Political Exile in the United Kingdom. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14923-0_9
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