Does pending within:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

mean until? If so, shouldn't the sentence be:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections were set for April 1994.

Source: Please see the last sentence of the 6th paragraph from this Wikipedia article. The full context is:

Between 1987 and 1993, the National Party entered into bilateral negotiations with the African National Congress, the leading anti-apartheid political movement, for ending segregation and introducing majority rule. In 1990, prominent ANC figures such as Nelson Mandela were released from prison. Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

Does pending within:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

mean until? If so, shouldn't the sentence be:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections were set for April 1994.

Source: Please refer to the last sentence of the 6th paragraph from this Wikipedia article. The full context is:

Between 1987 and 1993, the National Party entered into bilateral negotiations with the African National Congress, the leading anti-apartheid political movement, for ending segregation and introducing majority rule. In 1990, prominent ANC figures such as Nelson Mandela were released from prison. Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

Does pending within:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

mean until  ? If so, shouldn't the sentence be:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections were set for April 1994.

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Does pending within:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.

mean until? If so, shouldn't the sentence be:

Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections were set for April 1994.

Source: Please see the last sentence of the 6th paragraph from this Wikipedia article. The full context is:

Between 1987 and 1993, the National Party entered into bilateral negotiations with the African National Congress, the leading anti-apartheid political movement, for ending segregation and introducing majority rule. In 1990, prominent ANC figures such as Nelson Mandela were released from prison. Apartheid legislation was repealed on 17 June 1991, pending fully democratic, multiracial elections set for April 1994.