Prisoner Release – 1993
1993
The 1993 Accord reaffirmed and contained earlier agreements such as “The Pretoria Minute” of 1991 which was an agreement on the release of political prisoners. The Pretoria Minute established that by 1991 all political prisoners would be freed. The ANC broke off negotiations with the government protesting that the April 30 deadline “for the release of all remaining political prisoners had not been met.” In June the ANC and the government reached the final agreement on “the process of release.”1 The Government enacted the Further Indemnity Act of 1992 that freed the remaining political prisoners who did not fall under the previous definitions of having committed political crimes. All remaining political prisoners were released in 1992 and 1993.