Ngemuva kokuba uNelson Mandela ekhishwe ejele ngo-1990, waqala ukukhankasela i-African National Congress (ANC) futhi waya emihlanganweni yezombusazwe kanye nemicimbi lapho angakwazi khona ukubhekana nezinkulungwane zabasekeli be-ANC. Wahamba emhlabeni ohambweni lweNkululeko ukukhankasa i-ANC kanye neSouth Africa engcono.
Yena kanye nabangani bakhe abafana noCyril Ramaphosa noWalter Sisulu bakhankasela amalungelo alinganayo, inkululeko kanye neNingizimu Afrika ephephile kubo bonke. Uhulumeni kaZwelonke waxoxisana ne-ANC ukushintshwa ngokuthula kusukela ekubandlululweni kuya enkulumeni yenkululeko, uMadiba ayemele.Mandela uhambisa isitatimende sezindaba emhlabeni ngaphambi kokhetho luka-1994.
“Siyazinikela uqobo lwethu ukuba sikhulule bonke abantu bethu kububha bobuphofu obuqhubekayo, ukuswela, ukuhlupheka, ukucwaswa ngokobulili kanye nokunye.” ~Nelson Mandela