Nelson Mandela

By South African
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    Nelson Mandela was born

  • His father died

  • He ran away to Johannesburg

  • Mandela, while increasingly politically involved

  • He completed his BA through the University of South Africa

  • He joined the African National Congress

    where he helped to form the ANC Youth League (ANCYL).

  • He married Walter Sisulu’s cousin

    She was a nurse

  • Mandela rose through the ranks of the ANCYL

  • He left the the University of the Witwatersrand

  • He and Oliver Tambo established South Africa’s first black law firm, Mandela & Tambo.

  • Mandela was arrested in a countrywide police swoop

  • It led to the Treason Trial

  • Mandela married a social worker, Winnie Madikizela

    During the trial. They had two daughters, Zenani and Zindziswa

  • Police killed 69 unarmed people in a protest in Sharpeville against the pass laws.

  • The case ended

    When the last 28 accused, including Mandela, were acquitted

  • Mandela secretly left South Africa.

    Using the adopted name David Motsamayi

  • "Speech from the Dock"

    While facing the death penalty his words to the court at the end of his famous "Speech from the Dock"

  • Mandela’s mother died

  • His eldest son Thembi died

  • Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town

  • He was taken to hospital

    Where he was diagnosed with tuberculosis.

  • Winnie Madikizela and Mandela divorced

  • He died at his home in Johannesburg