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Nelson Mandela

Mandela stepped down as ANC President

Dec, 1997
South Africa

Mandela stepped down as ANC President at the party's December 1997 conference. He hoped that Ramaphosa would succeed him, believing Mbeki to be too inflexible and intolerant of criticism, but the ANC elected Mbeki regardless.


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