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Nelson Mandela

Achievements :

Inspite of the fact that Mandela confronted many political problems he was able to finish his degree and qualified as a lawyer .
In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa .
In 1944Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949 .
Mandela was instrumental in pushing the ANC in to more direct action such as the 1952 Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage .
On 10th of May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa until 1999 .
Nelson Mandela , associated with many educational programmes and initiatives such as Make Poverty History Campaign .
In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W.De Klerk .

On 18 July 1918 Mandela was born at Qunu, near Umata .
1944 he helped found the ANC Youth League ,whose programme of Action was adopted by theANC in 1949 .
1950s Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground, because the S.A statehad bacome increasingly repressive making it more difficult for the ANC to operate .
1950s Mandela and several others were charged with treason .
1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa .
1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South Africans changed the whole political climate .
1962Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison .
1990 Mandela has been realised from prison .
1993Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W.De Klerk .
On 10th of May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa .