South Africa has travelled a difficult road since the first all-race elections in April 1994 ended more than three centuries of white domination.
The party that led the fight against apartheid, the African National Congress , wins the first multi-racial elections with nearly 63% of the vote.He heads a unity government that includes former president FW de Klerk, who had succumbed to local and international pressure and unbanned the ANC.
With South Africa confronted by the biggest HIV/Aids epidemic in the world, Mbeki is criticised for questioning the link between HIV and Aids, and resistance to public treatment programmes.2006: GAY MARRIAGE Despite worries about crime, the 1 June to 11 July event is a success - even if the home team are eliminated early - hosted in nine cities and boosting the economy and tourism.In August 2012, police deployed to break up a strike at the Marikana platinum mine northwest of Johannesburg shoot dead 34 miners.A dark moment for then Lonmin mine director and current president Cyril Ramaphosa, despite being exonerated by a judicial inquiry in 2015.
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