South African President Inauguration
During a 90-minute ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, President Mandela took the oath of office to assume the presidency of South Africa. It marked the first time in over four hundred years…
4,051 viewsDuring a 90-minute ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, President Mandela took the oath of office to assume the presidency of South Africa. It marked the first time in over four hundred years…
4,051 viewsOpposition leaders and government ministers reacted to South African President Nelson Mandela’s speech to the opening session of Parliament. Then, the next day, President Mandela reacted to …
510 viewsMembers of both houses of the South African Parliament met in a constitutional assembly to debate the adoption of a permanent constitution to replace the provisional document under which the…
864 viewsIn an official ceremony, the outcome of the South African elections in which Nelson Mandela won a majority making him the first black to be elected to lead South Africa was announced.
574 viewsNational Party President F.W. de Klerk gave his concession speech from Pretoria, South Africa, following his defeat in the presidential elections. He spoke about the guarantees of the new co…
630 viewsThe two South African leaders, F.W. de Klerk, National Party, and Nelson Mandela, African National Congress Leader spoke during a televised debate just two weeks prior to the first free elec…
2,647 viewsOn November 18 in Johannesburg, South Africa’s white minority government and black political leaders came together to approve a new constitution. Two years in the making, this new constituti…
250 viewsPresident Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, and South Africa President F.W. De Klerk spoke during a ceremony to award the two South African leaders the Liberty Medal for their work in furthering…
21,057 viewsThe president of South Africa and the head of one of its largest political parties spoke near the end of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa, which was seeking a road to restart the…
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