EVENT INFORMATION

27
April
1994

South Africa holds its first democratic election under universal suffrage

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📅 27 April 1994 📍 Zuid-Afrika

The election ended apartheid’s system of racially restricted political participation and brought the African National Congress to power. It followed a long liberation struggle and marked a decisive break in formal racial rule, while leaving profound economic inequalities in place.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nelson Mandela

voters

anti-apartheid organizers

Organisaties in dit Evenement

African National Congress

Independent Electoral Commission