1. Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa from 1994-1999. He was the first black president of South Africa, and the first president to be elected in a fully representative election.

2. In 1944, Mandela, a lawyer, joined the African National Congress (ANC), the oldest Black political organisation in south Africa.

3.On December 5, 2013 the former activist who overcame a nearly three-decade prison stint to become president of South Africa, passes away after years of struggling with.

4.In 1991,  was elected the president of the (ANC), and his friend and colleague, , was elected the ANC’s national chairperson.