The National Assembly elects Mandela president

The IFP agrees to participate in the election

19 April 1994

A last-minute agreement brought Inkatha onto the ballot, reducing the danger that KwaZulu-Natal would be excluded from the democratic vote.

A car bomb kills people in Johannesburg

24 April 1994

A bomb near ANC offices killed at least nine people during a far-right campaign intended to disrupt the election.

Special voting begins in the first democratic election

26 April 1994

Elderly, disabled, hospitalized and election personnel voted before the main polling day, beginning the formal transfer to majority rule.

South Africans vote in the first nonracial democratic election

27 April 1994

For the first time, adult citizens of every racial classification voted together for a national government after centuries of colonialism and apartheid.

Mandela announces the ANC's election victory

2 Mei 1994

With about 62.6 percent of the vote, the ANC became the leading party in a Government of National Unity.

👉 The National Assembly elects Mandela president Huidig

9 Mei 1994

The newly elected democratic parliament chose Mandela as president, with Thabo Mbeki and F. W. de Klerk as deputy presidents.

Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as democratic president

10 Mei 1994

The inauguration at the Union Buildings marked the formal end of white minority government and the creation of a Government of National Unity.

The National Assembly elects Mandela president

Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nelson Mandela

Thabo Mbeki

F. W. de Klerk

Organisaties in dit Evenement

National Assembly of South Africa

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