Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 4a - Chapter 3 Page 1

Chapter 3 The Election Campaign The formation of the first democratically elected Government of South Africa was preceded by a countrywide election campaign during which ANC leaders in all levels of the organisation systematically combed the entire country, visited rural and urban areas and spoke to all sections of the population. It is this team of men and women that made 27 April 1994 unforgettable in the collective memory of the South African nation as the day in which our people came together and united in symbolic action. That day concluded months of excitement, expectations and fears following the conclusion of negotiations in November of the previous year. The election date was agreed at the