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  • May 9, 2026

    Nelson Mandela’s Historic Election

    On May 9, 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected South Africa’s first black president. After decades of apartheid, prison, protest, and negotiation, the vote marked a turning point few South Africans had believed they would live to see.
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