| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1997 | |
| Mandela announced that he would resign as leader of the ANC at the end of the year and that he would not seek reelection when his term ended in 1999. | 1 |
| Dec | |
| Thabo Mbeki was elected president of the ANC and would become heir apparent if the ANC maintained its political prominence in the next elections. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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