{"id":119788,"date":"2016-04-27T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=119788"},"modified":"2016-04-26T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:11:58","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-south-africa-held-its-first-democratic-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/27\/on-this-day-in-history-south-africa-held-its-first-democratic-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in history: South Africa held its first democratic elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0new national flag was introduced and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anc.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">African National Congress<\/a>(ANC) won the election.<\/p>\n<p>The previous national flag which had flown over South Africa since 31 May 1928 was lowered\u00a0just before midnight and the new flag was raised. It\u00a0was flown on a plane across the sky\u00a0on 10 May 1994 when Mandela was inaugurated as the president.\u00a0Take a look at pictures from the election campaign and voting day:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-119788 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/27\/on-this-day-in-history-south-africa-held-its-first-democratic-elections\/attachment\/corbis-42-53724132\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/Corbis-42-53724132-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/Corbis-AB005324-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/27\/on-this-day-in-history-south-africa-held-its-first-democratic-elections\/attachment\/corbis-tl030759\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/Corbis-TL030759-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/27\/on-this-day-in-history-south-africa-held-its-first-democratic-elections\/attachment\/corbis-tl030784\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/Corbis-TL030784-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/27\/on-this-day-in-history-south-africa-held-its-first-democratic-elections\/attachment\/corbis-tl030802\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/04\/Corbis-TL030802-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail 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