SA's 1999 elections - 15 of 15

ANC President Thabo Mbeki raises his fists in victory after the ruling party won two thirds of the votes. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 14 of 15

ANC supporters dance as the news reaches them that they won a two thirds majority in the elections. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections 13 of 15

ANC supporters celebrate their party's victory in central Cape Town, June 7, 1999. The ANC won 266 seats in parliament. (Anna Zieminski, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 12 of 15

National voting results are displayed at the IEC election center in Pretoria, June 03, 1999. The ANC received a two thirds majority. (Yoav Lemmer, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 11 of 15

People queue at a polling station in the Thokoza township, south east of Johannesburg. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 10 of 15

Police officers carry a stretcher with one of the victims in an overnight shooting of ANC supporters, June 2, 1999 in the volatile Richmond area in KZN. UDM supporters are suspected of carrying out the attack. (Clint Zasman, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 9 of 15

A queue outside one of the polling stations in Nyanga, Cape Town, eleven hours since voting stations opened on June 02, 1999. (Rodger Bosch, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 8 of 15

A Muslim woman casts her vote in Athlone, Cape Town, despite some Muslim organisations requesting them to boycott the elections. (Rodger Bosch, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 7 of 15

An IEC official prepares the ballot papers with portraits of all the party leaders in Secunda, south east of Johannesburg, June 1, 2009. (Yoav Lemmer, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 6 of 15

A street vendor selling sun glasses carries his merchandise past a wall plastered with ANC posters in downtown Johannesburg on the day before the second democratic elections. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 5 of 15

Outgoing President Nelson Mandela and his successor Thabo Mbeki dance in front of some 100 000 ANC supporters May 30, 1999, during the final pre-election ANC rally, held at a stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. (Yoav Lemmer, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 4 of 15

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa adresses a meeting at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, May 27,1999. Hundreds of ANC supporters packed the hall, sang and shouted ANC slogans throughout Holomisa's brief address. (Anna Zieminski, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 3 of 15

DP leader Tony Leon greets supporters, May 26, 1999, at the Virginia Airport in Durban during his tour for the upcoming elections. (Rajesh Jantilal, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 2 of 15

ANC supporters listen to outgoing President Nelson Mandela during an ANC election rally May 25, 1999, in the township of Seboukeng, south of Johannesburg. Mandela promised that if elected, the ANC will focus on fighting unemployment. (Yoav Lemmer, AFP)

SA's 1999 elections - 1 of 15

IFP supporters threaten ANC supporters in Nongoma, KwaZulu Natal, May 21, 1999. The ANC supporters were forced to leave the IFP dominated town, despite assurances that they would be able to campaign there. (Greg Marinovich, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 15 of 15

ANC leader Nelson Mandela dances as he enjoys the victory of his party in South Africa's first democratic elections during a celebration ceremony at his party's headquarters, May 2, 1994, in Johannesburg. (Anacleto Rapping, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 14 of 15

South Africans of every colour and age came out to vote on April 28, 1994, in South Africa's first multi-racial elections at the dusty Zevenfontein squatter camp, a northern Johannesburg suburb. (Kevin Carter, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 13 of 15

A voter casts his ballot in Eshowe city hall. At the Eshowe polling station ANC and IFP candidates were asked not to help but just to observe. (Alexander Joe, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 12 of 15

ANC President Nelson Mandela smiles broadly on April 27, 1994, in Oshlange, near Durban, as he casted his historic vote during South Africa's first democratic general elections. (Walter Dhladhla, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 11 of 15

Waiting to cast their ballots on the second day of South Africa's first democratic elections, a crowd of people stand in line at the Civic Center in Johannesburg. Logistical problems left large numbers of mostly black voters waiting for hours outside polling stations. (Mike Persson, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 10 of 15

ANC supporters demonstrate during South African President FW de Klerk's campaign speech in the coastal city of East London. (Alexander Joe, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 9 of 15

A South African Defense Force (SADF) soldier searches a car in Tokoza, a township east of Johannesburg. (Walter Dhladhla, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 8 of 15

South African defense forces take position next to an elections poster in Soweto close to where ANC leader Nelson Mandela held a campaign meeting on April 23, 2004, three days before the country's first democratic elections. (Mike Persson, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 7 of 15

A group of pro-ANC youths tend to a burning fire barricade in Tokoza township, east of Johannesburg on April 21, 1994. There was an easing of clashes between ANC and IFP supporters in the area since IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi agreed to join the country's first democratic elections once again. (Walter Dhladhla, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 6 of 15

South African President FW de Klerk smiles while ANC leader Nelson Mandela and IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi shake hands after they signed an agreement at the Union Building in Pretoria on April 19, 1994. In the agreement, South Africans pledge for reconciliation and peace, a week before the country's first democratic elections. (Keith Schamotta, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 5 of 15

ANC President Nelson Mandela greets young supporters who waited for him atop a billboard outside Durban, April 16, 1994, prior to an election rally. (Alexander Joe, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections 4 of 15

A De Klerk supporter holds a placard of President FW De Klerk of the ruling NP during a campaign rally between Johannesburg and Soweto, April 16, 1994. De Klerk called on the mainly black and mixed race audience to vote for his party in the first democratic elections. (Harold Gess, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 3 of 15

A crowd of estimated 40 000 ANC supporters listens to Nelson Mandela during a mass rally in Mmabatho on March 15, 1994, prior to the elections. (Walter Dhladhla, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 2 of 15

President FW de Klerk throws his arms up February 12,1994, in Heidedal outside Bloemfontein, to silence ANC demonstrators as he addressed a NP rally ahead of the 1994 elections. (Philip Littleton, AFP)

Relive the 1994 elections - 1 of 15

Then ANC President Nelson Mandela shakes hands with IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi after their day-long meeting in Durban, March 01, 1994. Mandela met Buthelezi in a bid to persuade him to take part in South Africa's first democratic and multiracial general elections to be held on the 27th April 1994. (Walter Dhladhla, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 15 of 15

Jacob Zuma supporters gather outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court, on February 04, 2009 for Zuma's case in connection with corruption and money laundering charges. The court set Zuma's corruption trial for August 25, after upcoming elections in which he is favourite to become president. (AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 14 of 15

A street-vendor selling sun glasses carries his merchandise past a wall plastered with African National Congress (ANC) posters in downtown Johannesburg June 01, 1999, a day before South Africa's second fully democratic elections. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 13 of 15

A Democratic Party (DP) campaign bus passes African National Congress (ANC) supporters busy putting up election posters in the Soweto township southwest of Johannesburg, May 15, 1999. (Odd Andersen, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 12 of 15

African National Congress (ANC) posters hangs on the fence in the village of Bizana, May 25, 1999. (Greg Marinovich, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 11 of 15

A streetsweeper cleans the streets of downtown Johannesburg three days before the 2004 national elections. (Shayne Robinson, Sapa)

News24 wants your election posters - 10 of 15

Three days before the 2004 national elections, political parties used every available space to put up election posters. (Shayne Robinson, Sapa)

News24 wants your election posters - 9 of 15

South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille launches her party's election campaign for the April 2009 general elections in the township of Soweto on January 31, 2009. (AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 8 of 15

Three days before the 2004 national elections, political parties used every available space to put up election posters. (Shayne Robinson, Sapa)

News24 wants your election posters - 7 of 15

Children of the white homeland of Oraina paste election posters of Pieter Mulder, the leader of the Freedom Front, 25 March 2004 in Oraina. Posters read "Say no the ANC". (Alexander Joe, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 6 of 15

A South African vendor enjoys a pear 28 April 1999 on a street market at Umtata in the Eastern Province flanked by posters of Thabo Mbeki, six weeks before South Africa's 1999 election. (Yoav Lemmer, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 5 of 15

Supporters of South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party watch leader Helen Zille (not pictured) launch her party's election campaign for the April 2009 general elections in the township of Soweto on January 31, 2009. (AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 4 of 15

In the run up to the 2004 national elections, perhaps some political parties should have paid more attention to what other posters were around theirs when they put them up. (Shayne Robinson, Sapa)

News24 wants your election posters - 3 of 15

African National Congress electioneering takes form in Johannesburg in the run-up to the 2009 national elections. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

News24 wants your election posters - 2 of 15

ANC supporters cheer as South African ruling party ANC president Jacob Zuma addresses a campaign rally in Khayalitsha Informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town on February 22, 2009. (Pieter Bauermeister, AFP)

News24 wants your election posters - 1 of 15

African National Congress electioneering takes form in Johannesburg in the run-up to the national elections, February 12, 2009. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

IEC pledge signing ceremony - 15 of 15

Cope Chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota at the pledge signing ceremony. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

IEC pledge signing ceremony - 14 of 15

Independent Electoral Commission chairperson Brigalia Bam speaks during the pledge signing ceremony. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

IEC pledge signing ceremony - 13 of 15

African Christian Democratic Party leader Kenneth Meshoe speaks during the pledge signing ceremony. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

IEC pledge signing ceremony - 12 of 15

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma signs the pledge to adhere to the Electoral Code of Conduct. Also in the photograph is Mosotho Moepya, deputy chief electoral officer of the Independent Electoral Commission. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

IEC pledge signing ceremony - 11 of 15

Congress of the People Chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota sits down to to sign the pledge. Looking on is Mosotho Moepya, deputy chief electoral officer of the Independent Electoral Commission.
(Werner Beukes, Sapa)