In each race, the National Party lost a seat it had won in the first all-race elections four years ago.

The more surprising news: The election was free of the racial violence that accompanied the first all-race elections in 1994.

Experts say conditions have not really improved since the first all-race elections in 1994.

The 17-member panel is considered crucial to reconciliation in South Africa, which had its first all-race elections last year.

The money was supposed to help needy children and to educate black voters before South Africa's first all-race election in 1994.

In 1994, South Africa's first all-race elections were sloppy, but everybody was too happy to care.

South Africa held its first all-race elections.

In April of 1994, South Africa's first all-race elections were boycotted by the white right-wing parties.

In 1994, the year of the first all-race elections, the fear of civil war hung in the air and violence crackled on the ground.

At the same time, the giddy feelings of triumph that accompanied the country's first all-race elections have faded.