As South Africa celebrates its 20Th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it’s hard to believe that the ‘Mandela Miracle’ nearly didn’t happen. In an orgy of countrywide violence, some were intent on derailing the first free elections. Now for the first time, those responsible for countless deaths and widespread mayhem explain how they nearly brought South Africa to its knees. 1994 is a chilling look at what these hard men did to thwart democracy and how they have made an uneasy peace with the ‘Rainbow Nation’ in their own different ways.