Why was it decided to bring the apartheid to an end in 1990?

Question: Why was it decided to bring the apartheid to an end in 1990!?
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Apartheid (meaning separateness in Afrikaans, cognate to English apart and -hood) was a system of legalized racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1990

In the early 1980s, Botha's National Party government started to recognise the inevitability of the need to reform apartheid!. Early reforms were driven by a combination of internal violence, international condemnation, changes within the National Party's constituency, and changing demographics — whites constituted only 16% of the total population, in comparison to 20% fifty years earlier!. Botha told white South Africans to "adapt or die"

International pressure also increased as economic sanctions began to impact on the value of the rand, which all but collapsed

International pressure on Botha's government continued to grow, with the US and UK now actively promoting the solution of a negotiated settlement with the black majority

As international pressure grew, so too did internal unrest and by this time, the state's security forces were finding it harder and harder to contain the civic unrest and keep it away from high-profile city centres and out of the world's media view

Early in 1989, however, Botha suffered a stroke; he was prevailed upon to resign on 13 February 1989 and was succeeded as president later that year by FW de Klerk!. In his opening address to parliament in February 1990, in what has come to be known as the "unbanning speech", de Klerk announced that he would repeal discriminatory laws and lift the ban on the ANC, the UDF, the PAC, and the Communist Party of South Africa (SACP)!. The Land Act was brought to an end!. Media restrictions were lifted, and De Klerk released political prisoners not guilty of common-law crimes

President De Klerk respected Mandela and knew that such was his international and internal profile and popularity that he would be indispensable in any sort of negotiated settlement!.

The more realistic members of the NP hoped that the ANC would share power with them in an interim government

and sport !.!.!. south africans are sport lovers and we missed international rugby etc

note !.!.!. im a south african, born in 1973 , lived under apartheid !.!.!. in fact i was in the white sa army, voted national party (and therefore by default supported apartheid) , and only as i matured did i see what a horrible crime it was !.!.!. and how better off we are without itWww@QuestionHome@Com

The pressure of World opinion, much aided by Nelson Mandela who was released from prison in early 1990 and who set about a policy of reconciliation and peaceful Black/White integration!.
To date this policy has worked well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

People came to their senses finally!?Www@QuestionHome@Com