He did not make any of his reforms with the intention of putting himself out of power. He made them for precisely the opposite reason: to ensure power for the Afrikaner in a new dispensation.
Mandela critiques F.W. de Klerk's motivations for reforms during apartheid, suggesting they were aimed at maintaining Afrikaner power.
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