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Before the sun rose on April 27, 1994, something extraordinary was already happening across South Africa. Lines of people stretched down streets… around school buildings… and across dusty fields. Some had been waiting for hours. Others had walked miles just to get there. For many of them, this …

Before the sun rose on April 27, 1994, something extraordinary was already happening across South Africa. Lines of people stretched down streets… around school buildings… and across dusty fields. Some had been waiting for hours. Others had walked miles just to get there. For many of them, this was the first time in their lives they would be allowed to vote. After decades of struggle, South Africa was about to change forever. For nearly half a century, South Africa lived under a system know