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Posted on November 12, 2008 - Total Views 4382
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country’s first black president. Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed South Africa’s white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. The government outlawed the ANC in 1960. Mandela was captured and jailed in 1962, and in 1964 he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison. Instead of disappearing from view, Mandela became a prison-bound martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. South African President F.W. de Klerk finally lifted the ban on the ANC and released Mandela in 1990. Mandela used his stature to help dismantle apartheid and form a new multi-racial democracy, and he and de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Mandela was elected the country’s president in 1994. He served until 1999, when he was succeeded by his deputy Thabo Mbeki. Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, was published in 1994.
On February 11, 1990, after 27 years of incarceration, Mr Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison outside Paarl, following the relaxation of South Africa’s apartheid laws by the then ruling National Party and President FW de Klerk.
Mr Mandela was accompanied by his wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and was greeted at the gates of the prison by thousands of waiting supporters. From there, Mr Mandela was taken in a motorcade to Cape Town City Hall, where he addressed a 50 000-strong crowd and millions of television viewers in South Africa and worldwide from the balcony. Before he began his speech, Mr Mandela greeted the world with “Amandla!” (“Power!”), an expression used as a rallying cry by activists and organisations through the decades of racist policies and persecution by the apartheid government.
In the speech, Mr Mandela described himself as a servant of the people, and placed the remaining years of his life in their hands.
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November 12th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
what a guy! they should have hung him, and his wife who consolidated power for him while he was in jail through a series of brutal murders. hailed as heros they are, what a topsy turvey world!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
the other martyn is a fagboy who does sheep
November 12th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
shame on america for letting criminals go free! the whole world will hate you for this, your crimes against everyone!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:24 am
nelson mandela didn’t do anything. his wife was crazy i’ll give you that, though a great civil rights leader, and charged with… what was it… 18 cases of kidnapping, murder, and torture. 7 charges of murder.
But nelson mandela was a great political figure and civil rights activist. he dismantled apartheid and helped desegregate south africa.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Isn’t this person that Obama guy?
November 14th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
if winnie mandela did all those murders, what was she doing married to him? cant say he didnt know nuthin about that! maybe one murder he could say, damn, didnt know the ***** had it in her, but 17? he knew alright.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
dis be dat Obama? he be older dan me tink!
November 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
no dottie, thats obamas daddy.
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:53 am
**** THIS ******
NIGERS DONT DESERVE TO LIVE ON THIS PLANET
WE NEED TO EXTERMINATE EVERY LAST ONE OF THE DIRTY *** *******">*******
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
dey rit der iz mah bestest mastah. awz u wite boyz shud hand oveh youz woman tew me! can sum wun hep me get theez flyz out of mu face? deyz keep landin on muh mommas cooch!
December 4th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
and so white africa gives way to aids infested starvation and massacres… too bad.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PICTURES OF WORTHLESS, PATHETIC NIGERS ON HERE????
PLEASE?
December 14th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
ANYONE ?????
WHY????
December 15th, 2008 at 3:47 am
well I reckon its cuz we all dont have no pictures of your pathetic worthless horses hind end, pardner..
December 29th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Mandela was nothing short of a Terrorist, it’s true…