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South Africa marks a decade of freedom
- Source: Africa Renewal, Volume 18, Issue 2, Jul 2004, p. 4 - 5
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- 31 Jul 2004
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Abstract
Ten years ago, South Africa’s first democratic election brought an end to one of the world’s most reviled systems of racial domination. For the first time, representatives of the country’s oppressed African majority took the reins of power. Despite fears by many whites that the new authorities might seek vengeance, the government of President Nelson Mandela instead pursued a path of national unity and reconciliation.
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