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when he was 12 years old, his father died
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Rolihlahla became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni 1.
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Nelson joined the African National Congress in 1944
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In 1944 he married Walter Sisulu’s cousin, Evelyn Mase. They had two sons.
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By his own admission he was a poor student and left the university in 1952 without graduating.
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In 1952 he was chosen as the National Volunteer in Chief of the Defiance Campaign with Maulvi Cachalia as his deputy.
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A two-year diploma in law on top of his BA allowed Mandela to practise law, and in August 1952 he and Oliver Tambo established South Africa’s first black law firm, Mandela & Tambo.
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At the end of 1952 he was banned for the first time. As a restricted person he was only permitted to watch in secret as the Freedom Charter was adopted in Kliptown on 26 June 1955.
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Mandela was arrested in a countrywide police swoop on 5 December 1955, which led to the 1956 Treason Trial.
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He and his wife divorced in 1958.
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During the trial Mandela married a social worker, Winnie Madikizela, on 14 June 1958.
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On 11 January 1962, using the adopted name David Motsamayi, Mandela secretly left South Africa.
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Mandela secretly left South Africa and he had to adopt the name David Motsamayi.
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He was arrested outside Howick. While returning from KwaZulu-Natal.
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He started in Pretoria Local Prison. On 27 May 1963 he was transferred to Robben Island. And then returned to Pretoria on 12 June.
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On 9 October 1963 Mandela joined 10 others on trial for sabotage. And that is called Rivonia Trial.
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Mandela’s mother died in 1968.
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Mandelas eldest son Thembi died in 1969. But he was not allowed to attend his funeral.
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On 12 August 1988 he was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
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he was transferred to a house at Victor Verster Prison near Paarl where he spent his last 14 months of imprisonment.
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In 1989 he obtained an LLB through the University of South Africa
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He was released from its gates on Sunday 11 February 1990,
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Nelson Mandela was elected ANC President to replace his ailing friend, Oliver Tambo.
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Nelson Mandela voted for the first time in his life.
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Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected President.
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He continued to work with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. He started the fund in 1995.
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On his 80th birthday, he got married to his third wife,Graça Machel.
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Mandela stopped being the President, after one term as President.
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Nelson Mandelas grandson, Mandla Mandela, was installed as head of the Mvezo Traditional Council at a ceremony at the Mvezo Great Place.
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Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on 5 December 2013.
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He died at his home in Johannesburg on 5 December 2013.
