South Africa marks 20 years since first democratic poll(April 27,1994 - April 27,2014)

South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various political parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994.

All legally eligible South Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on April 27,1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order.

People queuing to vote in 1994  

 

This year, 2014, marks 20 years of democracy in South Africa, coinciding with the fifth national elections as a democratic country.