Nelson Mandela casts his vote at Ohlange High School hall in Inanda, 10 miles (15 kilometres) north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 27 April 1994
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In his budget speech in 1998, then finance minister Trevor Manuel stated that the occasion was an opportunity “to reflect on the South Africa that now exists; the South Africa from which we have come; and the South Africa which we are building for our children”.
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