Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Born on July 18th, 1918. Nelson Mandela changed the way of living in South Africa for good! Nelson was the first African president in South Africa. He served in the office from the years of 1994-1999. Mandela served 27 years in prison for sabotage and crime when leading the movement against Aparthied. Nelson was realsed from prison on February 1990. Many people admire Nelson for all the work and effort he did to take people out of cruelty and misery the white men had brought to their lives. After the assassination of leader Chris Hani, Mandela adressed a speech in April 1993: "“Tonight I am reaching out to every single South African, black and white, from the very depths of my being. A white man, full of prejudice and hate, came to our country and committed a deed so foul that our whole nation now teeters on the brink of disaster. A white woman, of Afrikaner origin, risked her life so that we may know, and bring to justice, this assassin. The cold-blooded murder of Chris Hani has sent shock waves throughout the country and the world. Now is the time for all South Africans to stand together against those who, from any quarter, wish to destroy what Chris Hani gave his life for – the freedom of all of us.”