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Russian troops moving back. We will bring you more when we get it. Next, | :01:25. | :01:39. | |
it's a really important day for South Africa. For the first time | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
since the death of their former leader Nelson Mandela last December, | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
millions of people are voting for who they want to run the country. | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
Mandela was seen as inspirational for getting rid of a system where | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
black people had far fewer rights than white people. For many young | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
black South Africans, they'll be voting for the first time, having | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
grown up in a country that was very different more than 20 years ago. | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
Hundreds of South Africans waiting in line outside a polling station. | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
Hundreds of South Africans waiting outside a polling station. A lot has | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
changed in the past 20 years. Back then it was illegal for black people | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
to vote. Under a system called apartheid, black South Africans were | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
not allowed to use the same schools, hospitals and shops as white people. | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
The country was split. During that time Nelson Mandela campaigned for | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
equality. He was imprisoned for speaking out, but after 27 years in | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
jail he went on to become the country's first black president. | :02:33. | :02:34. | |
Mandela's party the African National Congress have been in power ever | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
since. South Africa is still heavily divided. I travelled to Johannesburg | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
last year to speak to young South Africans. We must look up to | :02:46. | :02:53. | |
Mandela. He liberated us. But life is still very tough for the people | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
who live some of the poorest areas. This girl told me how her family | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
struggle every day. Our life is complicated, because like sometimes | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
the electricity goes off. Another problem is the number of | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
people who are out of work. I'm hoping our Goth will come through | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
with their promises and provide us with jobs. Today's vote is also an | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
important one for the countries younger generation. It is not just | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
the old who are voting in this historic election. There are those | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
who are young, they're called the Born Frees, because they were born | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
after the end of apartheid. The current President Jacob Zuma is | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
expected to win, but there's a big feeling across South Africa that | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
things need to change. Thanks Ricky, and you can watch Mandela's | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
Children, the special programme Ricky made when he was in South | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
Africa after the death of Nelson Mandela. It's on the Newsround | :03:55. | :04:07. | |
website now. We know how slow it with be stuck in traffic. But | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
drivers in America were delayed by a different sort of traffic. A family | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
of geese decided it was a good time for an evening stroll. Eventually | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
the two geese and five youngsters were escorted to safety by the | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
police. Ever wish your garden was more fun? Would a rollercoaster do | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
the trick? This American boy had such fun at an amazement park that | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
he becked his dad | :04:40. | :04:41. |