CULTURETECHLENSSouth Africa first democratic election 1994
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Combined Graph record U-01428 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0058. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
South Africa's first national democratic elections were held on 27 April 1994, in which 22 million South Africans cast their votes for the first time; the majority chose Nelson Mandela and the ANC, and Mandela was sworn in as the country's first Black president on 10 May 1994. Stored date 1994-04-27 and note 'Mandela elected; end of apartheid' are confirmed (Mandela was elected by Parliament on 9 May and inaugurated 10 May, following the April election).
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South Africa's first national democratic elections were held on 27 April 1994, in which 22 million South Africans cast their votes for the first time; the majority chose Nelson Mandela and the ANC, and Mandela was sworn in as the country's first Black president on 10 May 1994. Stored date 1994-04-27 and note 'Mandela elected; end of apartheid' are confirmed (Mandela was elected by Parliament on 9 May and inaugurated 10 May, following the April election).
Sources
- https://www.vukuzenzele.gov.za/month-history-9 (verification source · master store)
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South Africa's first national democratic elections were held on 27 April 1994, in which 22 million South Africans cast their votes for the first time; the majority chose Nelson Mandela and the ANC, and Mandela was sworn in as the country's first Black president on 10 May 1994. Stored date 1994-04-27 and note 'Mandela elected; end of apartheid' are confirmed (Mandela was elected by Parliament on 9 May and inaugurated 10 May, following the April election).
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