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Mission to South Africa: Diary of a revolution by Robin Renwick is an extraordinary insider's account. Renwick draws on his diaries of the time, as well as previously unpublished material from the Foreign Office and Downing Street files. On 2 February 1990, FW de Klerk made a speech that changed the history of South Africa. Nine days later, the world watched as Nelson Mandela walked free from the Victor Verster prison. In the midst of these events was Lord Renwick, Margaret Thatcher's envoy to South Africa, who became a personal friend of Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, acting as a trusted intermediary between them.