TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
Part 2 Of 5: Who Controlled South Africa’s Economy After 1994? By Ola Aina Mandela and the ANC won political power in 1994, but did they believe controlling government would eventually give the black majority economic control? When Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first democratically elected black president in 1994, the country entered a new…
PART 1 OF 5: The Negotiations That Ended Apartheid By Ola Aina Did Mandela secure political power at the expense of economic transformation? LONDON, 2026. A t the Africa 2050 Summit, a South African journalist challenged Nelson Mandela’s legacy. “Mandela failed South Africa. He could have changed everything.” The accusation was direct. Mandela had helped…