Nelson Mandela as member of parliament

Moments in South African History

Former president Nelson Mandela briefly served as a Member of Parliament in 1994, following South Africa’s historic multi-racial elections. In fact, Mandela’s membership of the national legislature lasted only a few minutes because he was unanimously elected as South Africa’s new President. Nevertheless, he interacted regularly with the legislature, including the smaller opposition parties. Mercedes Besent reports.

Credits: Mercedes Besent , Angie Kapelianis and Danny Booysen.

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