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The 1994 general election, held on 27 April, was South Africa's first multi-racial election with full enfranchisement.The African National Congress won a 63 percent share of the vote at the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country's first Black President, with the National Party's F.W. de Klerk as his first deputy and Thabo Mbeki as the second ...
Mandela and de Klerk led efforts to negotiate an end to apartheid, which resulted in the 1994 multiracial general election in which Mandela led the ANC to victory and became president. Leading a broad coalition government which promulgated a new constitution , Mandela emphasised reconciliation between the country's racial groups and created the ...
Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 election. Following the election of 27 April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President of South Africa. The Government of National Unity was established; its cabinet made up of twelve African National Congress representatives, six from the National Party, and three from the Inkatha Freedom Party.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has lost its majority for the first time in 30 years, final election results announced Sunday confirmed. Nelson Mandela’s party has been dealt a ...
The former vice president is telling a story on the campaign trail about being arrested in South Africa — for what seems to be the first time ever. Joe Biden says he was arrested in South Africa ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africans will vote on Wednesday with widespread anger over power cuts, joblessness and corruption threatening to end the dominance of the African National Congress ...
Under the 1983 Constitution the State President was head of both state and government. The State President was elected by an electoral college chosen by Parliament and served until the next general election, but was eligible for re-election. In the event of a vacancy the Cabinet would nominate a member to serve as Acting State President. Status
According to South African History Online, On 7 July 1996,in a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. In this in ...