International pressure and economic crisis

what did Botha face?

Botha faced increasing economic and diplomatic pressure on other fronts. In 1985 American banks refused to renew South Africa's loans. The currency slumped in 1985 after investors lost faith in Both.

Ronald Reagan

Even the conservative US government under President Ronald Reagan began to support disinvestment. Gavin Relly, the chairman of Anglo-American, perhaps South Africa's largest private corporation, led a delegation of white South African businessmen to Lusaka in 1985 to meet the ANC

movement to free Nelson Mandela

The movement to free Nelson Mandela from prison was also gathering steam, backed by the AAM and ANC in exile. The scale of Mandela's popularity became completely clear in June 1988 at an event held to celebrate his 70th birthday at Wembley stadium in London.

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