The first democratic election was touch and go until six days before the 27 April 1994 poll
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The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994
More than half of 18-30 year olds not registered to vote
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A young man says the peaceful election in his home town of Tumahole near Parys means his father did not die in vain in 1994.
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The novel, Five Lives at Noon provides a detailed account of the events that led to the demise of legislated apartheid.
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Peter Harris’s latest book gives ample anecdotal content about SA’s first democratic election, but lacks critique.
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Lionel Newton, who plays Treppie in the much-anticipated screen adaptation of <i>Triomf</i>, speaks to Jeremy Kuper about the film.
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MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Triomf</i> and adaptation from a novel of the same name by Marlene van Niekerk.
Thursday’s TV debate between South Africa’s two leading statesmen promises to be a psychological drama revealing much about how they are going to rule the country together.