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Tha M脿iri Ward a' c貌mhradh ri Iain Moireasdan mu a beatha ann an Afraga a Deas agus mar a th脿inig siostam apartheid gu cr矛och. Bha Mairi a' fuireach is ag obair anns an d霉thaich bho 1972 chun na naochadan. Chunnaic i mar a bha apartheid a' sgaradh na daoine dubha agus geala gu mi-chothromach. Tha cuimhne aig M脿iri air an latha eachdraidheil a chaidh am pr矛osanach poilitigeach as ainmeil air an t-saoghal, Nelson Mandela, a shaoradh 脿s d猫idh 27 bliadhna sa phr矛osan.

Tha M脿iri ag innse gur e 脿m d貌chasach a bha seo ach 脿m m矛-ch矛nnteach cuideachd oir cha robh fios aig duine de bhiodh romhpa. Aig a' chiad taghadh n脿iseanta deamocrataigeach ann an 1994, ghl猫idh p脿rtaidh Mgr. Mandela, an African National Congress, a' bh貌t. Chaidh Mandela a thaghadh mar a' chiad cheann-suidhe dubh air an d霉thaich.

Mary Ward talks to John Morrison about her life spent in South Africa and what it was like witnessing the end of the apartheid system, which segregated the population along racial lines.

Mary had been living and working in South Africa from 1971 until the 1990s. She saw first-hand how apartheid worked and the inequality it created. Mary remembers vividly the historic day when perhaps the world's most famous political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was released after 27 years in prison. Mary says this was a time of great hope in the country, but also of uncertainty, as no-one knew what lay ahead.

After South Africa's first fully democratic elections in 1994, the previously banned ANC formed a government, and Nelson Mandela was appointed as the country's first black president.