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SA President Nelson Mandela to step down
7 July 1996

SA President Nelson Mandela to step down

On 7 July 1996, in a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. This is in accordance to what he had initially said when he…