Ending of Apartheid in South Africa

There were many factors which contributed to the ending of apartheid. After years of segregation and oppression of blacks, many different chronological events put together led to an eventual reform in South Africa of equality and democracy for everybody. However, the factor which I think played the most important part in the ending of apartheid was releasing ANC leader Nelson Mandela in 1990. Not only did it symbolise a fresh start for the country, but also …

…though the only solution would be to end apartheid. By combining all these factors, along with things such as SWAPO forming an independent black government in Nambia and South Africa being expelled from the international Olympic Movement, there was enormous for apartheid to end. These factors were an inevitable human progression for apartheid to end, and the releasing of Nelson Mandela was the final milestone needed for democracy for everyone in South Africa to start.