On February 10, .............., after a series of secret talks, F.W. de Klerk, the newly appointed president granted Mandela his freedom.

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• ..................was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa, with de Klerk serving as his first deputy.
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• In ............. Mandela was moved to Polls moor Prison on the mainland.
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