Mandela becomes President of South Africa

A news bulletin is followed by Nelson Mandela speaking to a crowd of supporters celebrating the victory of the African National Congress in South Africa's first true democratic election. First broadcast in BBC News on 9 May 1994.

15 August 2012

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