Nelson Mandela won a landslide victory in South African's first election open to all citizens 25 years ago, marking the official end of brutal racist system of apartheid. CBS News correspondent Bill ...

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – Climaxing his journey from political prisoner to nation builder, Nelson Mandela assumed the office of president of South Africa yesterday vowing that “never again” would ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on May 3, 1994. This story was written by Gene Mustain and Michael O. Allen.) JOHANNESBURG — Invoking the epic cry of another great liberation struggle, Nelson ...

South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they remember their country’s pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and ...

As a Times correspondent in South Africa during the final violent spasms of the apartheid regime and the jubilant election of the country’s first black president in 1994, I noticed something odd about ...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela actively protested apartheid for most of his life, and he is known for being one of the world's most famous political prisoners. His anti-apartheid ...