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the general election: the ANC got nearly 70% of votes. Thabo Mbeki's second term as president.
The country's first universal suffrage election was held; Mandela became president. Commonwealth membership was restored and South Africa took seat in UN General Assembly after a 20-year absence.
the Population Registrations Act (people classified by race); the Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites; the Immorality Act. The Communist Party was banned.
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu began hearings on human rights crimes committed by former government and liberation movements during Apartheid era
the EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) was started by Julius Malema
the unemployment rate was 34.4% ; July : unrest and worst violence since the end of apartheid. The Economist defines South Africa as "an upper-middle-income economy
President Mbeki's resignation ; replaced by ANC deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe
reformist FW de Klerk replaced PW Botha as president and met Mandela. Public facilities desegregated. Many ANC activists released.
President Zuma, who was faced with corruption charges, was compelled to resign and Cyril Ramaphosa was chosen as his successor by the ANC.
the ANC and other opposition groups adopted the Freedom Charter
South Africa became a republic and left the Commonwealth
ANC was unbanned. Mandela was released after 27 years in prison.
the Group Areas Act and the Populations Registrations Act were repealed; US economic sanctions were lifted.
the ANC won the general election with 57% of the vote, hence a reduced majority.
Jacob Zuma elected president after the landslide victory of the ANC in the general election. Economy went into recession for first time in 17 years.
GEAR (Growth, Employment and Redistribution) was set up; South Africa won rugby's World Cup
Ruling ANC party won the majority in general elections. ANC: 62.1%; the Democratic Alliance: 22.2%; the EFF : 6.4%
the conservative Afrikaner-dominated National Party won parliamentary elections and gained control of the South-African government. It began taking steps aimed at implementing apartheid.
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed on Natal coast.
when voters cast their ballots in presidential race they are actually electing special representatives called_______________