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South Africa still waiting on post-apartheid promises

African National Congress (ANC) supporters seen waiting for Nelson Mandela when he campaigned in 1994 on the promise of a new start for South Africa after decades of apartheid rule. [AFP]

The election 25 years ago of South Africa's first black president, the late Nelson Mandela, who inspired the struggle against apartheid, was a time of soaring hope that the bruised country would reconcile after decades of discrimination and inequality.

"You have mandated us to change South Africa from a country in which the majority lived with little hope to one in which they can live and work with dignity, with a sense of self-esteem and confidence in the future," Mandela said at his inauguration.

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