NELSON MANDELA

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, peace figure born in Mvezo, July 18, 1918 and died on
December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela is known throughout the world as a freedom fighter by nonapartheid activities and became President of South Africa. His childhood was spent in Thembu,
then he started a career in law. He also has the honor of his clan named Madiba. Born in Mvezo,
Transkei on July 18, 1918, Rolihlahla Mendela then moved to Qunu when nine years old. He was
the first of his family who can study in school. He also got the name of Nelson from his
Methodist teacher. When 16 years old, he entered the Clarkebury Boarding Institute to study
western culture. In 1934, he began a program B.A. at Fort Hare University, where he met Oliver
Tambo who become loyal friends and colleagues. After opposing the university's policy 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 .
Mandela's first marriage to Evelyn Mase Ntoko ended in divorce in 1957 after 13 years.
After divorce with Evelyn Mase Ntoko, then he married with Winnie Madikizela and running 38
years ended in divorce in 1996. On her 80th birthday, Mandela married with Graca Machel,
widow of Samora Machel former President of Mozambique, who is also a friend of the ANC .
As an activist, Nelson Mandela following the African National Congress (ANC) of the
non-apartheid activities 1942. Because that activities, he underwent a variety of sentence. 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 remained in
prison until released on February 11, 1990 by order of President Frederik Willem de Klerk after
being pressured by the whole world. Mandela and de Klerk receive the Nobel Peace Prize in
1993. Nelson Mandela served as President of South Africa in a period of about 5 years (May
1994 - June 1999) after winning the election and becoming the first black president with de
Klerk as deputy president. AIDS issue became a source of disappointment and regret the
Mandela because in his reign, he pays little attention to this issue. His son, Makgatho Mandela,
died of AIDS on January 6, 2005.

Nelson Mandela, non-apartheid leader and first black president of South Africa, passed
away Thursday, December 5, 2013. He died 95 years. South African President Jacob Zuma
announced the death of Mandela. Mandela who nearly three decades in prison in the struggle to
end white minority rule and discrimination against blacks in South Africa.