President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held

Updated: 16 Oct 2015

President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections will be held from 26-28 April 1994.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013127

South African History Online (2011) ' President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013127 (Accessed: 27 August 2026).

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" President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013127. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. " President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013127.