1990 in South Africa saw the official start of the process of ending Apartheid. President of South Africa, eid. President De Klerk unbanned organisations that were banned by the government including the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Pan Africanist Congress. The African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe, suspends its armed activity within South Africa. Political prisoners including Nelson Mandela were released. Nelson Mandela met ANC leader Oliver Tambo for the first time in 28 years at a meeting in Sweden. Mandela also traveled to England to thank the people for their support in the campaign to free him. South Africa withdrew its troops from Namibia, which was granted independence. 1990 also saw marches in support and against the formation of a new post-Apartheid South Africa. Incumbents State President: F.W. de Klerk. Chief Justice: Pieter Jacobus Rabie then Michael Corbett. Events January 16 – Paedophile Gert van Rooyen shoots his accomplice and lover Joey Haarhoff and then commits suicide soon after a police chase. 20 – Thomas Mandlenkosi (Mshengu) Shabalala, an Inkatha Freedom Party National Council member, is shot dead outside his house in Lindelani's C Section, also known as eMadamini, near KwaMashu, Durban. February 2 – State President F.W. de Klerk announces the beginning of the negotiated transition to end apartheid, the unbanning of the African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress and Communist Party, the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, and the end of the state of emergency. 3 – Rainbow People's March, a small group of demonstrators, express support for the new South Africa by dancing down Adderley Street with a painting by artist Beezy Bailey. 11 – Nelson Mandela is released from prison after serving 27 years. March 4 – Brigadier Oupa Gqozo of the Ciskei Defence Force leads a coup in Ciskei. 12 – African National Congress president Oliver Tambo and vice-president Nelson Mandela meet for the first time in 28 years in Sweden. 21 – Namibia gains independence with the United Nations supervising the withdrawal of South African forces and the first elections. 26 – The Minister of Education, Piet Claase, announces that as of January 1991, the segregation of Whites and Blacks in state-run schools will end. 26 – Eleven people are killed and more than 300 injured when police open fire on protesters in Sebokeng. April 1 – South African Transport Services become Transnet and the