Explain the role of Nelson Mandela in the struggle against Aperthied ?
- Nelson Mandela led the struggle against the Apartheid.
- Mandela then became president of the ANC executive in 1950 and from 1952, inspired by the values of Mahatma Gandhi started a non-violent movement against apartheid.
- Mandela through non-violent methods gained worldwide respect and was subsequently jailed many times under charges of terrorism.
- As part of the charge of treason against Mandela, he was then imprisoned in Robben Island in isolation for 18 years between 1964 and 1982.
- By the time of Mandela’s 70th birthday in 1988, violence against the white rule and supremacy had spread throughout the country.
- Following the fall of Berlin wall, international sanctions and boycott, forced the South African president De clerk called for free elections.
- In 1994, South Africa saw the first elections in which all participated and Mandela was elected president of South Africa.
- The transition from apartheid was peaceful and hardly had any violence due to leadership of Mandela.