The event that marked the end of apartheid in South Africa was the 1994 general elections, during which Nelson Mandela became the country’s first Black president. This watershed moment followed decades of struggle, resistance, and international condemnation of the apartheid regime, which enforced racial segregation and discrimination. The elections signaled a transition to a democratic government and the official dismantling of apartheid laws. Mandela’s leadership and reconciliation efforts were pivotal in promoting national unity and healing in a divided society, paving the way for a framework of rights and equality that continues to evolve today.