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  • adjective Occurring after a period of apartheid.

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post- +‎ apartheid

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Examples

  • Gallo Images/Getty Images Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille, left, greeted Lindiwe Mazibuko at an April commemoration of the nation's first postapartheid elections.

    A Black Woman Poses Challenge in South Africa Patrick McGroarty 2011

  • Zuma had cracked the monolith of a hegemonic ruling party, setting a welcome postapartheid precedent that leaders who erred could expect to be dismissed.

    'Bring Me My Machine Gun' 2009

  • Still, the economy is feeling the lagging effect of last year's high inflation and interest rates that has been compounded by the country's first postapartheid recession.

    Standard Bank's earnings 2009

  • Jacob Zuma, just short of three months into his presidency, faces resistance from a major constituency that helped to bring him to power, underscoring the challenges he faces amid South Africa's first postapartheid recession.

    South Africa's Zuma Faces Wide Unrest 2009

  • Mrs. Clinton also plans to travel to South Africa, to meet with newly elected President Jacob Zuma, who is beset by protests from poor township dwellers and working to pull the country from its first postapartheid recession.

    U.S. Chides Kenya Before Clinton Visit 2009

  • JOHANNESBURG -- South African voters stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots in the most competitive election since the first postapartheid vote.

    South Africans Vote in Pivotal Election 2009

  • Nelson Mandela lauded "this historic mission, which would prepare black entrepreneurs to play a more meaningful role" in postapartheid South Africa.

    Freedom And The Bottom Line 2008

  • Comparing the party to South Africa's postapartheid African National Congress government, he believes that Tsvangirai "will run Zimbabwe better than anybody else around."

    On Knife’s Edge 2008

  • The culture of violence, which has seen crime rates skyrocket in the postapartheid era, shares the blame, too.

    African Renaissance Lost 2008

  • Zuma is now credited with helping end the postapartheid violence that racked KwaZulu-Natal province in the late '80s and' 90s, when the ANC and the rival Inkatha party faced off over who would lead the province under the new government.

    Transforming Jacob Zuma 2008

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