People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country's first all-race elections. In 1994 people braved long queues to cast a vote after years of white minority rule which denied Black South Africans the vote. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell. File)
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South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead
For many who experienced apartheid, those years remain etched in their collective memory.