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- adjective Occurring after a period of
apartheid .
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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
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Zuma had cracked the monolith of a hegemonic ruling party, setting a welcome postapartheid precedent that leaders who erred could expect to be dismissed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JOHANNESBURG -- South African voters stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots in the most competitive election since the first postapartheid vote.
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Nelson Mandela lauded "this historic mission, which would prepare black entrepreneurs to play a more meaningful role" in postapartheid South Africa.
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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
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The culture of violence, which has seen crime rates skyrocket in the postapartheid era, shares the blame, too.
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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.
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