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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 ...
Following the murder of ANC activist Chris Hani, Mandela made a publicised speech to calm rioting, soon after appearing at a mass funeral in Soweto for Tambo, who had died of a stroke. [226] In July 1993, both Mandela and de Klerk visited the United States, independently meeting President Bill Clinton, and each receiving the Liberty Medal. [227]
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 ...
Outgoing ANC President Nelson Mandela. President Nelson Mandela, the outgoing president of the African National Congress (ANC), had, since February 1995 [6] or earlier, made it clear publicly that he intended to retire after the 1999 general elections. The 50th National Conference thus centred around electing his successor as ANC President, who ...
Former President Donald Trump compared himself to anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela on Monday as he cast himself as the victim of federal and state prosecutors he alleges are targeting him ...
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 ...
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.
The election is widely expected to be a landmark moment for the country's post-apartheid democracy as recent polls have the ANC's support at less than 50%, suggesting it might lose its ...