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Today, it led the movement against apartheid in South Africa, under the leadership of Nelson Mandela.

Give the enemies of peace and liberty.

No space to take us back to the dark hell of a party.

30 years later, the African National Congress could lose its majority in South Africa's parliament for the first time.

I'm Malika Bilalal and this is The Take.

My name is Lester Kivet, and I'm a journalist and broadcaster based in Cape Town, South Africa.

I'm a presenter on Cape Talk Radio, morning show on Cape Talk Radio.

So, Lester, welcome to the take. Let's rewind to 1994, when the African National Congress won a sweeping victory in South Africa's first free election,

marking the official end to white apartheid rule. What do you remember about that time?

I hold special significance for this year's election.

30 years after 1994, I was 10 years old in 1994.

The first big news event that I can remember was when I was six years old in fact,

and that was around the announcement of the release of Nelson Mandela, a flurry of excitement

by my parents and my older relatives.

There's Mr. Mandela, Mr. Nelson Mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a New South Africa.

His first public appearance in nearly three decades.

I wanted to be at the Cape Town City Centre

on the day of Nelson Mandela's release,

but because of concerns of safety,

I wasn't allowed to join them,

where Nelson Mandela would have made his first public statement and address after 27 years in imprisonment.

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