Thabo Mbeki succeeded Mandela following the 1999 election. Mandela kept his promise not to seek a second term, creating a precedent for democratic succession. In 1999 he established the Nelson Mandela Foundation as an office for continuing public service and stewardship of his archive. He remained active in diplomacy and advocacy while the new government inherited poverty and inequality rooted in colonial dispossession and apartheid policy.
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What work did Mandela continue after leaving the presidency?
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He continued through the Foundation, Children’s Fund and international advocacy.