On April 27, 1994, a long line of people snaked toward a polling station in the black township of Soweto outside of Johannesburg in the nation's first all-race elections.
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1994 election queue
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- 24 Jul 2019

South African History Online. (2015, April 21). 1994 election queue. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0099306
South African History Online (2015) '1994 election queue', South African History Online, 21 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0099306 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).
South African History Online, 1994 election queue [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0099306, (accessed 28 August 2026).
"1994 election queue." South African History Online, 21 Apr. 2015, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0099306. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "1994 election queue." South African History Online. April 21, 2015. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0099306.
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