In his first address to the democratically elected Parliament, Mandela described reconstruction, reconciliation and social repair as linked tasks. The Reconstruction and Development Programme promised housing, water, health care, education and jobs to people denied them under apartheid. The scale of unmet need was vast, and subsequent critics have noted how fiscal restraint and inherited economic structures constrained redistributive change.
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What was a key goal of the Reconstruction and Development Programme?
The 1994 transition followed decades of collective resistance and organizing.
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Democratic transition was won through a broad struggle and negotiations.