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53. Mandela advocated for the voting age to be lowered from 14 to 16 in South Africa in the 1994 elections, though the policy was never enacted. 54. Mandela was overwhelmingly elected president.

Less than two weeks later he sanctioned the release of Mandela. The two men warily shared power until a free election gave Mandela a handsome majority, and apartheid officially came to an end in 1994.

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