This day in South Africa
Mandela is inaugurated at the Union Buildings
32 years ago
Union Buildings, Pretoria
On 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela took the oath as president on the terraces of the Union Buildings in Pretoria, before the largest gathering of heads of state the country had seen and tens of thousands of people on the lawns below. Thabo Mbeki and F. W. de Klerk were sworn in as his deputies. Air force jets trailing the new flag's colours flew over the crowd, the same air force that had defended the old order.
This day in South Africa
Where it happened
Union Buildings, Pretoria
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Where it happened Approximate
Union Buildings, Pretoria
This day in South Africa
