The legacy of Nelson Mandela 30 years after his election as president

Monument of Nelson Mandela at Union Buildings, Johannesburg, South Africa. © AFP

Johannesburg – Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president in May 1994. His election ended more than three centuries of white rule in South Africa.

Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) party won 252 of 400 seats in the first democratic elections of South Africa’s history.