As the country celebrates 30 years of democracy, South Africa will witness another inauguration at the Union Buildings. This is where it all happened three decades ago, when the first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, took his oath of office as the first black president in 1994. The SABC News International News Editor, Sophie Mokoena, put together this insert to take you down memory lane.
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