Nelson Mandela achievements

•  Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the firs democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999

• He is one of the few politicians who have gone beyond a political role; he is widely admired and has received many prestigious awards

• However Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer. In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africana

• Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious.

• Towards the end of his prison spell his treatment improved as the South African establishment increasingly looked to negotiation,

• Although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release in 1990.

• In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk

                                                         Nelson Mandela turning point 

• Whilst at university Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society.

• Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground.

• However in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.

• Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.)