Nelson Mandela

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Born in Mvezo, Transkei on July 18, 1918, Rolihlahla Mendela then moved to Qunu until the age of 9 years. He was the first of his family who attend school. He also received the name
of Nelson from his teacher who is a Methodist. At age 16, he entered Clarkebury Boarding Institute study western culture.

In 1934, he began a program B.A. at Fort Hare University, where he met Oliver Tambo who became a loyal friend and colleague. Having opposed the policy of the university and asked to leave. He moved to Johannesburg and continued his studies at the University of South Africa after taking law at the University of the Witswatersrand.

As an activist Nelson Mandela following the African National Congress (ANC) of activities that antiapartheid 1942.Karena year, he underwent a variety of future punishment. On August 5, 1962, Mandela was arrested and imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort and then on October 25, 1962, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison and on June 12, 1964, he and a group of other activists were sentenced to life imprisonment.

 

After refusing parole to stop the armed struggle in February 1985, Mandela stayed in prison until released on February 11, 1990 on the orders of President Frederik Willem de Klerk after pressured by the whole world. Mandela and de Klerk get the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993

Nelson Mandela served as President of South Africa in a period of approximately 5 years (May 1994 - June 1999) after winning the election and became the first black president by de Klerk as a deputy president.

The problem of AIDS became the source of disappointment and regret those Mandela because in his reign, he pays little attention to this problem. His son, Makgatho Mandela, died of AIDS on January 6, 2005.