1999: South Africa: ANC Wins Second All-Race Elections

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The African National Congress (ANC) won more than 66 percent of the vote in South Africa's second all-race elections on June 2, 1999. As the majority party in the incoming parliament, the ANC on June 16 elected Thabo Mbeki, the head of the ANC and outgoing president Nelson Mandela's handpicked... ...