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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering raci…
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President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 · politician · autobiographer · lawyer · political activist · political prisoner · screenwriter · freedom fighter · also Nelson Mandela, Father of the Nation, Mandela
Born 18 July 1918 · Died 5 December 2013 · Q8023
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2026· 49 entries
UA.NEWS: In South Africa, coalition partners boycott Nelson Mandela Bay mayor’s address
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Belfast Telegraph: New play goes inside Good Friday Agreement summit hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa
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El Mundo Financiero: El Ayuntamiento de Oxford reúne a autoridades y profesionales en la entrega de los Premios Nelson Mandela
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The New Indian Express: AP Speaker Ayyanna visits Mandela Museum in South Africa
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ednews.africa: Mandela University’s Renewable Shift Signals a New Energy Future for South Africa
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IMDb: ‘The Mandela Catalogue’ Movie From Steven Spielberg Sets Summer 2028 Release Date
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The Indian EYE: Oxford Town Hall Hosts Global Leaders at Oxford Diplomat Summit & Nelson Mandela Leadership Awards 2026
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El Ciudadano: Nelson Mandela y los 27 años de prisión que no torcieron ideales
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Vanguard News: Tasha Amos honoured with Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence
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TheWrap: ‘The Mandela Catalogue’ Lands Summer 2028 Release From United Artists, Amazon MGM
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novanews.co.za: Nelson Mandela Bay SOMA overshadowed by political boycott | PE Express
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Inside Metros: Lobishe: Nelson Mandela Bay finances under pressure as revenue, infrastructure woes mount
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Daily Maverick: The family whose architecture shaped Nelson Mandela Bay and beyond
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Firstpost: National Heritage or Private Property? South Africa’s Fight for Mandela’s Belongings | Firstpost Afr
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theherald.co.za: Mayor’s gala dinner draws backlash amid Nelson Mandela Bay crises
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The Citizen: Ford Africa and Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund deliver 300 bears to young hospital patients
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اسلام تايمز: South Africa Seeks to Block Sale of Mandela Memorabilia in US
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theherald.co.za: GIG GUIDE | Nelson Mandela Bay
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Financial Mail: Can Nelson Mandela Bay keep its engine running?
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ArchDaily: Galería de Escuela Nelson Mandela / AR+TE Architectes - 29
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Nelson Mandela University: South African Journal of Art History 2026 Conference hosted at Mandela University
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theherald.co.za: Sovereign renews support for Nelson Mandela Bay investment desk
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UCT News: From hospital ward to Mandela Rhodes Scholar
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“What I am condemning is that one power, with a President who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, who is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.”
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“There are many people who are whispering that it”
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“Any country can take a decision which it wants. We have no lethal weapons such as the West. What they are doing is far more serious than what is happening in Africa.”
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“helped me to understand that my real vocation was to be a servant of the people.”
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“I first met Tony in a shebeen.”
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Yorkshire Evening Post: Electrical fault delays repair of Leeds fountain opened by Nelson Mandela
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theherald.co.za: GIG GUIDE | Music, markets and outdoor fun on offer in Nelson Mandela Bay this weekend
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theherald.co.za: ‘Does Nelson Mandela Bay still want Premiership football?’
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MTV Lebanon: Nelson Mandela much better and still in hospital
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Daily Maverick: Dysfunctional pound adds to growing concerns over foot-and-mouth in Nelson Mandela Bay
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Willax: Beto Ortiz contra Ernesto Zunini por defender a Pedro Castillo: "Ese cuento de Nelson Mandela de Cajamarca, a otro perro con ese hueso"
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elDiario.es: ¿Cómo mantuvo Nelson Mandela la esperanza tras 27 años encarcelado? Sus cartas ofrecen la respuesta
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brut.media: When Jaishankar invoked Mandela and Gandhi to highlight India-Africa ties.
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Modern Ghana: Nelson Mandela: How the first democratically elected President of South Africa got the name Nelson
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Blackfriars Priory School: Principal’s address: How Nelson Mandela continues to inspire
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Daily Maverick: How leaks, billing write‑offs and Excel accounting pushed Nelson Mandela Bay to insolvency risk
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thepost.co.za: IN PICS: 'Perima' nurtures culinary skills at the Nelson Mandela Youth Centre Cooking Club
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Moneyweb: Nelson Mandela Bay a new growth centre for BPO sector
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“courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”
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“s behaviour, Nosekeni returned to Transkei, while Evelyn embraced the Jehovah”
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“I was particularly taken with the portrait of General Kutuzov, whom everyone at the Russian court underestimated.”
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“the enemies of countries in the West are not our enemies.”
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The Guardian: TV tonight: Free Nelson Mandela is unmissable TV
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The Guardian: Free Nelson Mandela review – this gripping documentary pulls no punches
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The Guardian: TV tonight: a brilliant series about Nelson Mandela’s fight for freedom
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2024· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela once said: "When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela once said: "When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Nelson Mandela said, “[...] we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”” Correct Attribution.
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2023· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was on the U.S. terrorism watch list until 2008.” True.
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2022· 1 entry
Lead Stories rated the claim “The restart of the CERN collider on July 5, 2022, opened portals and released phenomena like the Mandela Effect, 5D or timeline shifts.” Non-Event.
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2020· 7 entries
Reported claimRated Reflections on racial divisions in society were tweeted by UN representative, wrongly attributed to Nelson Mandela · AFP Fact Check
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “This quote on racial division is from Nelson Mandela” Reflections on racial divisions in society were tweeted by UN representative, wrongly attributed to Nelson Mandela.
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Snopes rated the claim “Nelson Mandela said, "Our world is not divided by race, color, gender, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “During a visit to South Africa in the 1970s, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden was arrested while attempting to visit Nelson Mandela in prison.” False.
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““After he [Mandela] got free and became president, he came to Washington and came to my office. He threw his arms around me and said, ‘I want to say thank you.’ I said, ‘What are you thanking me for, Mr. President?’ He said: ‘You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.’”” Four Pinocchios.
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““This day, 30 years ago, Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and entered into discussions about apartheid. I had the great honor of meeting him. I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see him on Robbens Island.”” Four Pinocchios.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see [Nelson Mandela] on Robbens Island."” Pants on Fire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”” Pants on Fire.
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2019· 1 entry
Africa Check rated the claim “Nelson Mandela said “When a woman rejects a man of vision, and accept [sic] a man with television, she will end up watching the man of vision on her own husband’s television”” Incorrect.
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2018· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Nelson Mandela praised President Trump ahead of a South African visit by Barack Obama.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Nelson Mandela praised President Trump ahead of a South African visit by Barack Obama.” False.
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2015· 1 entry
The UN General Assembly named the amended Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners as "the Mandela Rules" to honour his legacy
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2014· 1 entry
“Citation choisie pour le 22 avril 2014.”
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2013· 21 entries
Died 2013-12-05.
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“If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings.”
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“Experience is the best legacy men could possess and never desert in life.”
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“I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.”
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“We are deeply concerned, both in our country and here, of the very large number of dropouts by schoolchildren. This is a very disturbing situation, because the youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow... try as much as possible to remain in school, because education is the most powerful weapon which we can use.”
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“Coloured communities would like to see coloured representatives. That is not racism, that is how nature works.”
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“Exercise dissipates tension, and tension is the enemy of serenity. I found that I worked better and thought more clearly when I was in good physical condition, and so training became one of the inflexible disciplines of my life.”
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A bronze statue of Mandela was unveiled at Pretoria's Union Buildings
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“There are thousands of people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and non-violence — against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people. And I think the time has come for us to consider, in the light of our experiences at this day at home, whether the methods which we have applied so far are adequate.”
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Onica Nyembezi Mothoa claimed to be Mandela's daughter, born in 1947 to Sophie Majeni, a domestic worker in Pretoria
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“The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind becasuse it seeks to remove from society all forms of oppression and exploitation, to liberate mankind and to ensure peace and prosperity to all.”
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“Government violence can do only one thing and that is to breed counter-violence.”
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“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
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“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”
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“südafrikanischer Anti-Apartheid-Kämpfer und Politiker”
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“eigentlich: Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela”
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“Amici, compagni, concittadini sudafricani, vi saluto in nome della pace, della democrazia e della libertà per tutti.”
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“A derrubada da opressão foi sancionada pela humanidade, e é a maior aspiração de cada homem livre.”
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“Déclaration lors d'une visite à Mexico.”
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“Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.”
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“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.”
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2012· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Nelson Mandela said that "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Nelson Mandela said that "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."” False.
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“Citation choisie pour le 23 janvier 2012.”
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2011· 1 entry
Strongly suggested that he had joined in the late 1950s or early 1960s
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2010· 2 entries
The South African newspaper Mail & Guardian reported the case of Mpho Pule, who believed she was Mandela's daughter and had attempted multiple times to meet Mandela
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“Opis: podczas obchodów 20. rocznicy wyjścia Mandeli z więzienia Victor Verster w Paarl, luty 2010.”
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2008· 1 entry
“Jetzt ist er schon 90, mein Gott. Und der Größte. Er ist einfach der Größte." - Morgan Freeman, Stern Nr. 36/2008 vom 28. August 2008, S. 145”
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2007· 1 entry
Asking him to step down "with residual respect and a modicum of dignity"
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Ahimsa Award (2006).
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2005· 3 entries
“Die Geschichte und die kommenden Generationen werden unsere Führer nach den von ihnen getroffenen Entscheidungen beurteilen. Ich sage allen diesen Führern: Schaut nicht weg, zögert nicht!" - auf dem Live8-Konzert in Johannesburg, 2. Juli 2005, bbc.co.uk”
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Founded the Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust, travelling to the United States to speak before the Brookings Institution and the NAACP on the need for economic assistance to Africa
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“Armut in Verbindung mit fehlender Bildung. Wir müssen dafür sorgen, dass Bildung alle erreicht." - Antwort auf die Frage, welches nach Aids momentan das größte Problem der Welt sei. Interview im Reader's Digest, April 2005 rd-india.com”
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2004· 2 entries
Johannesburg granted Mandela the Freedom of the City, and in 2008 a Mandela statue was unveiled at the spot where Mandela was released from prison
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Mandela successfully campaigned for South Africa to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, declaring that there would be "few better gifts for us" in the year marking a decade since the fall of apartheid
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2003· 1 entry
Spoke out against the plans for the United States to launch a war in Iraq, describing it as "a tragedy" and lambasting US president George W
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2002· 4 entries
“to disclose a terminal disease from which you are suffering.”
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“s ninetieth birthday in 2002,”
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The initial plan was to poison Mandela with thallium shortly before his release in 1990
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Mandela inaugurated the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, and in 2003 the Mandela Rhodes Foundation was created at Rhodes House, University of Oxford, to provide postgraduate scholarships to African students
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2000· 2 entries
And in 2004, spoke at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, calling for greater measures to tackle tuberculosis as well as HIV/AIDS
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“They want now to be the policemen of the world.”
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1999· 3 entries
Expressing satisfaction with his performance as president
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To focus on rural development, school construction, and combating HIV/AIDS
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Was succeeded by his deputy, Thabo Mbeki
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1998· 5 entries
Mandela married his third wife, Graça Machel, on his 80th birthday in July 1998.
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From her grandmother that she was the result of a brief relationship between Mandela and Seipati Monakali in Cape Town in 1945
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To widespread popular acclaim, and Mandela met Gaddafi in Libya to award him the Order of Good Hope
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Held position: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1998–1999).
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1998–1999).
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1997· 3 entries
“the ruler of South Africa, the de facto ruler, is Thabo Mbeki”
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“Wir wissen nur zu gut, dass unsere Freiheit unvollständig ohne die Freiheit der Palästinenser ist." - Grußwort am internationalen Tag der Solidarität mit dem Palästinensischen Volk, Pretoria, 4. Dezember 1997 anc.org.za”
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And Tom Lodge's Mandela, from 2006
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1996· 2 entries
Was appointed chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and initiated unsuccessful negotiations to end the First Congo War in Zaire
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The RDP was replaced with a new policy, Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR), which maintained South Africa's mixed economy but placed an emphasis on economic growth through a framework of market economics and th
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1995).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (1995).
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“Nelson Mandela, presidente da África do Sul, em visita à prisão da Ilha Robben, em 1995, onde passou parte de seus 27 anos de cadeia; como citado em Revista Abril, Especial 2000”
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1994· 7 entries
Earned Gold Olympic Order (1994).
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Career landmark: President of South Africa (1994–1999).
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“Wir werden eine Gesellschaft errichten, in der alle Südafrikaner, Schwarze und Weiße, aufrecht gehen können, ohne Angst in ihren Herzen, in der Gewissheit ihres unveräußerlichen Rechtes der Menschenwürde – eine Regenbogennation im Frieden mit sich selbst und mit der ganzen Welt." - bei seiner Vereidigung zum Präsidenten am 10. Mai 1994, dadalos-d.org”
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Award: Gold Olympic Order (1994).
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Free healthcare was introduced for children under six and pregnant women, a provision extended to all those using primary level public sector health care services in 1996
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Held position: President of South Africa (1994–1999).
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“Nie, nie, nie wird dieses wunderbare Land noch einmal die Unterdrückung von Menschen durch Menschen erleben und die Demütigung, als Stinktier der Welt zu gelten." - Rede am 10. Mai 1994 in Pretoria, nach seiner Wahl zum ersten schwarzen Präsidenten Südafrikas, anc.org.za”
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1993· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
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Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize (1993).
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1993).
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Award: J. William Fulbright Prize (1993).
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Award: Nobel Peace Prize (1993).
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1992· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Peking University (1992).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1992).
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“t been for the fact that we have organized a powerful anti-apartheid movement here in the United States, it would have taken them much longer to get where they are now. 1992 interview in Conversations with Angela Davis Edited by Sharon Lynette Jones (2021) I knew what he was going to say, because we had all seen the speech. Everybody had made comments about it. And I knew he was going to say, in effect,”
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Award: Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1992).
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Award: honorary doctor of the Peking University (1992).
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1991· 7 entries
Awarded Order of José Martí (1991).
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Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (1991).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1991).
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“Das Wahlrecht steht im Zentrum des Freiheitskampfes." - Rede während der „Convention for a Democratic South Africa“, 20. Dezember 1991", anc.org.za”
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Award: Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (1991).
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Award: Order of José Martí (1991).
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Award: honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1991).
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1990· 7 entries
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1990).
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Awarded honorary degree from Spelman College (1990).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1990).
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India awarded him the Bharat Ratna, and in 1992 Pakistan gave him their Nishan-e-Pakistan
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Award: Lenin Peace Prize (1990).
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Award: Order of Lenin (1990).
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Award: honorary degree from Spelman College (1990).
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1989· 2 entries
Botha suffered a stroke; although he retained the state presidency, he stepped down as leader of the National Party, to be replaced by F
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“No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches, and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela - Página 30, de Nelson Mandela, Ruth First - Publicado por Heinemann, 1989, ISBN 0435907824, 9780435907822 - 189 páginas”
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1988· 10 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship (1988).
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Awarded Sakharov Prize (1988).
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Awarded United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (1988).
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Awarded Grand Star of People's Friendship (1988).
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Awarded Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class (1988).
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Award: Sakharov Prize (1988).
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Award: Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class (1988).
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Award: Order of Friendship (1988).
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Award: Grand Star of People's Friendship (1988).
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Award: United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
And having a further 11 meetings over the next three years
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1986· 2 entries
Mandela's biographer characterised him as "the embodiment of the struggle for liberation" in South Africa
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“How to be a good Communist", United States Congressional Serial Set, Edition 13677, (1986), p. 37”
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1985· 4 entries
Awarded Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize (1985).
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“Refusing to bargain for freedom after 21 years in prison, as quoted in TIME (25 February 1985)”
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Mandela underwent surgery on an enlarged prostate gland before being given new solitary quarters on the ground floor
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Award: Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize (1985).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded International Simón Bolívar Prize (1983).
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Award: International Simón Bolívar Prize (1983).
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1979· 3 entries
Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (1979).
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And the Freedom of the City of Glasgow, Scotland in 1981
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Award: Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1979).
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1977· 1 entry
But was forcibly settled in Brandfort and remained unable to see him
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1976· 2 entries
“Nelson Mandela on equaliy, From a letter to General Du Preez, Commissioner of Prisons, Written on Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa (12 July 1976). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation”
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“Apartheid ist die Herrschaft der Gewehre und der Henker." - Aufruf nach dem Aufstand in Soweto 1976, veröffentlicht vom ANC am 10. Juni 1980, anc.org.za anc.org.za”
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1975· 4 entries
“s widow Nokukhanya Bhengu to offer his condolences when he died. Also in 1975, he began his autobiography, which was smuggled to London, but remained unpublished at the time; prison authorities discovered several pages, and his LLB study privileges were revoked for four years. Instead, he devoted his spare time to gardening and reading until the authorities permitted him to resume his LLB degree studies in 1980. By the late 1960s, Mandela”
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“Nelson Mandela on challenges, Letter to Winnie Mandela (1 February 1975), written on Robben Island. Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation”
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“Nelson Mandela on friendship, From his unpublished autobiographical manuscript written in 1975. Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation”
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Began his autobiography, which was smuggled to London, but remained unpublished at the time; prison authorities discovered several pages, and his LLB study privileges were revoked for four years
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1970· 1 entry
Commander Piet Badenhorst became commanding officer
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1969· 1 entry
An escape plan for Mandela was developed by Gordon Bruce, but it was abandoned after the conspiracy was infiltrated by an agent of the South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS), who hoped to see Mandela shot during t
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1968· 1 entry
Dying shortly after, and his firstborn son Thembi died in a car accident the following year; Mandela was forbidden from attending either funeral
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1964· 2 entries
“Transcript in the Rivonia Trial, Pretoria Supreme Court (20 April 1964)”
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Mandela and his co-accused were transferred from Pretoria to the prison on Robben Island, remaining there for the next 18 years
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1962· 2 entries
Was arrested for conspiring to overthrow the state and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial
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“First court statement (1962)”
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1961· 3 entries
“On a 1961 conference held in Ethiopia, as quoted in Rivonia Unmasked (1965) by Strydom Lautz, p. 108; also in Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela : An Ecological Study (2002), by J. C. Buthelezi, p. 172”
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Mandela, Sisulu and Slovo co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation", abbreviated MK)
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And led a sabotage campaign against the government
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1956· 1 entry
Described it as "an inspiration to the people of South Africa"
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1953· 1 entry
“Die Befreiung von der Unterdrückung ist ein Menschenrecht und das höchste Ziel jedes freien Menschen." - "No Easy Walk to Freedom", Rede auf dem ANC-Kongress, 21. September 1953, anc.org.za”
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1952· 1 entry
The ANC began preparation for a joint Defiance Campaign against apartheid with Indian and communist groups, founding a National Voluntary Board to recruit volunteers
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1948· 1 entry
In which only whites were permitted to vote, the Afrikaner-dominated Herenigde Nasionale Party under Daniel François Malan took power, soon uniting with the Afrikaner Party to form the National Party
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1947· 2 entries
Mandela was elected to the executive committee of the ANC's Transvaal Province branch, serving under regional president C
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But died of meningitis nine months later
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1943· 2 entries
And co-founding its Youth League in 1944
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Mandela met Anton Lembede, an ANC member affiliated with the "Africanist" branch of African nationalism, which was virulently opposed to a racially united front against colonialism and imperialism or to an alliance with
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1939· 1 entry
With Jongintaba's backing, Mandela began work on a BA degree at the University of Fort Hare, an elite black institution of approximately 150 students in Alice, Eastern Cape
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1937· 1 entry
Moved to Healdtown, the Methodist college in Fort Beaufort attended by most Thembu royalty, including Justice
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1933· 1 entry
At Clarkebury Methodist High School in Engcobo, a Western-style institution that was the largest school for black Africans in Thembuland
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1926· 1 entry
Gadla was also sacked for corruption, but Nelson was told that his father had lost his job for standing up to the magistrate's unreasonable demands
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-07-18.
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1915· 1 entry
After his predecessor was accused of corruption by a governing white magistrate
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