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Mandela’s legacy – Democracy20

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Democracy20 is SABC’s new Elections show that promises to look at progress made and challenges that have faced South Africa for the past 20 years. The show will track the transformation of our society.

On Monday, the show looked back at the legacy of the country’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela and how he spearheaded reconciliation.

Two decades ago, the suburb of Ruyterwacht near Cape Town became the focus of the new South Africa.

It drew global attention when residents of the then “Whites only” area, vehemently resisted the enrolment of black children in a local school.

This was shortly after South Africa’s transition from an apartheid state to a constitutional democracy and the country’s first democratic elections.

The area was one of the first areas Mandela visited when he took office and today a different picture is painted with kids of different races at schools in the area.
In a report by Vanessa Poonah she says the past 20 years have brought significant changes to the area.

SABC anchor, Vuyo Mvoko also caught up with Wits University Vice Chancellor Professor Adam Habib and struggle veteran Dr Pallo Jordaan.

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