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South Africa
Title: South Africa
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1866 | Pages: 7.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
South Africa
In 1994, after years of oppression by white minority rule, South Africa became a constitutional democracy elected by the people. In fact, the 1994 elections were the first democratic elections in South Africa where the majority of the population, particularly Black Africans, had a say in the government and running of the country. Prior to 1994, the country held racially exclusive elections that did not include the vast majority of the population. South Africa’s first democratic election …showed first 75 words of 1866 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1866 total…a political phenomenon. The advent of multi-party democracy, of universal suffrage, a bill of rights, and various other characteristics associated with an open and free society were seen as features of a modern liberal democratic state. Within the “new” South Africa, came a confidence that national reconciliation and nation building could establish a totally free society, and this confidence is what has caused South Africa to go from an authoritarian state to a democratic state.
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