CLIP: Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa, 1994

February 7, 2021

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.

Release date:

15 August 2012

Duration:

35 seconds

Click the link to view: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xf448

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