Minutes reveal former apartheid president FW De Klerk told his final Cabinet meeting that an agreement with Nelson Mandela and the ANC on indemnity for apartheid crimes was reached 48 hours before the 1994 election – igniting accountability questions. Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm explains.
Reporting by: Marianne Thamm
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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YOUTUBE CHAPTERS
0:37 — The Declassified Minutes
1:00 — The Pact of Forgetting
1:17 — De Kock: The Exception
1:35 — Mbeki’s 2005 Guidelines
1:52 — Chikane’s Poisoning
2:06 — The 2007 Arrests
2:22 — Claims of Political Interference
3:00 — The Generals’ Backchannel
3:13 — Selebi and the NPA Collapse
3:43 — The Pardons Debate
4:25 — A Compromise Document
