<P> During the negotiations to end apartheid the Interim Constitution was enacted . It introduced universal suffrage on a non-racial basis , and replaced first - past - the - post voting with party - list proportional representation . South Africans of all races took part in the first fully democratic elections in 1994 . `` Universal adult suffrage , a national common voters roll , regular elections and a multi-party system of democratic government '' are founding principles of the 1996 Constitution of South Africa , and the right of all citizens to vote is included in the Bill of Rights . </P>
<P> During the negotiations to end apartheid the Interim Constitution was enacted . It introduced universal suffrage on a non-racial basis , and replaced first - past - the - post voting with party - list proportional representation . South Africans of all races took part in the first fully democratic elections in 1994 . `` Universal adult suffrage , a national common voters roll , regular elections and a multi-party system of democratic government '' are founding principles of the 1996 Constitution of South Africa , and the right of all citizens to vote is included in the Bill of Rights . </P>
who is allowed to vote in south africa
who is allowed to vote in south africa
all citizens
all citizens