The ANC which is widely credited for liberating blacks in the country has been in power ever since the first democratic, all-race election of 27 April 1994, the vote that officially ended apartheid

It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's celebrations and remembrances of Nelson Mandela are set against discontent with the governing ANC.

STORY: South Africa's path to freedom was long and thousands of young people, freedom fighters and activists lost their lives during the struggle for liberation from white minority rule.During the celebrations at the Union Buildings,

Sakhumzi Maqubela owns a popular restaurant on its famous Vilakazi Street, where both Nelson Mandela , who became president when the African National Congress (ANC) swept to victory in 1994, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu once lived.

David McKenzie reports on South Africa, three decades after its first democratic, post-apartheid elections and the election of Nelson Mandela as president.

A selection of South African artworks produced during the country’s apartheid era which ended up in foreign art collections is on display in Johannesburg