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The man who fought for Freedom
Here's a time line of Mandela's life:
- 1918-Born in the village of Mvezo in the Eastern Cape
- 1941-Arriving in Johannesburg
- 1943-Law studies and the ANC Youth League:1943-1949
- 1950-Defiance Campain and Transvaal ANC Presidency: 1950-1954
- 1955-Congress of the People and the Treason Trial: 1955-1961
- 1962-Imprissonment:Arrest and Rivonia trial 1962-1964;Robben Island 1964-4982; Pollsmoor Prison 1982-1988; Victor Verster Prison and release 1988-1990
- 1990-End of apartheid; Early negotiations 1990-1991; CODESA talks 1991-1992; General election 1994
- 1994-Presidency of South Africa 1994-1999; National reconciliation; Domestic programmes; Foreign affairs; Withdrawing from politics
- 1999-Retirement; Continued activism and philanthropy 1999-2004; Retiring from retirement 2004-2013
- 2011-Illness and death 2011-2013
- 2013-Dies at the age of 85
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