In 1994 south africans elected nelson mandela president, after he and the previous president pass laws to end apartheid. this election was the first of its kind in south african history and resembled us elections which are guided by the constitution and include

Nelson mandela is a south african leader who spent years in prison for sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government. the first president of a black-majority-ruled south africa in which apartheid was officially ended. after being expelled from fort hare university college in 1940 for leading the african national congress. in 1942, he received a degree in law from the university of south africa.