 In February 1987, Forsyth was released from Quatro following the intervention of Umkhonto We Sizwe leader Chris Hani and MK Intelligence Chief Ronnie Kasrils.Forsyth was taken to an ANC safe house in Luanda, where she remained for the next fifteen months.During this time, the ANC tried to negotiate with the South African government to use Forsyth in a prisoner exchange with ANC members on death row.