Immediate Effects of the International Community's Fight for South African Rights
The boycotting forced South Africa to make reforms
"These actions (international boycotting) have a crippling effect on the South African economy and weaken the government."-United Nations
1980s-The South African government starts to repeal some laws of segregation
"the laws separating whites and non-whites in public places are relaxed or repealed"-United Nations
1989 - FW de Klerk becomes president, meets Mandela
Public facilities desegregated and many ANC are activists freed.
1990 - ANC unbanned, Mandela released after 27 years in prison
1991 - Start of multi-party talks
De Klerk repeals remaining apartheid laws, international sanctions lifted
All parties involved were pro-negotiation and so they were able to join together and create an end to Apartheid.
"1991: South Africa President F.W. de Klerk repeals the rest of the apartheid laws and calls for the drafting of a new constitution.
1993: A multiracial, multiparty transitional government is approved.
1994: Elections are held. The United Nations sends 2,120 international observers to ensure the fairness of the elections. The African National Congress, representing South Africa's majority black population. Nelson Mandela, the African resistance leader who had been jailed for 27 years, is elected President."
-United Nations statement