Nelson Mandela

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When was Nelson Mandela born?

18 July 1918

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When did he die?

5 December 2013

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Where was he born?

Village of Mvezo (his hometown)

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Where did he attend primary school?

Qunu

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Where did he go after?

He went to Clarkesbury Boarding Institute then went to Healdtown (mission school)

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Which university did he study at?

University of Fort Hare

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Why was he expelled?

For joining a student protest

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What does UNISA stand for?

University of South Africa

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What did UNISA help him get?

Bachelor of Arts

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Why did he go back to Fort Hare? What year?

For graduation in 1943

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When did he obtain his LLB?

1989

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What group did Mandela join, what year?

African National Congress 1944

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What did he lead?

Defiance campaign

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He along with how many people were sentence to how many months hard labour?

He along with 19 others were sentenced to 9 months hard labour

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How long was he suspended for?

2 years

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He and …… opened South Africa’s first black law firm called……

He and Oliver Tambo opened South Africa’s first black law firm called Mandela and Tambo

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What year did he open the law firm?

1952

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When was t he first time the apartheid government banned him?

1952

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When was Mandela arrested?

5 December 1956

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He and many others were put on what trial?

The Treason Trial

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How many people and Mandela were found not guilt on what date?

Mandela and 28 others were found not guilty on 28 March 1961

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Who did Mandela marry? What date?

Winnie Madikizela June 1958

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What does the ANC stand for?

African National Congress

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When was he made leader of the ANC armed wing Umphonto weSizwe?

June 1961

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When did Mandela secretly leave South Africa, and with what?

January 1962 with a fake name

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When did he return and what happened to him?

5 August, he was arrested

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How long was he sentenced for?

5 years

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When did the police raid a hideout, and how many people were put on trial, what was the trial called?

July 1963, Mandela and 19 others were put on the Rivona Trial

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When was the Rivonia Trial?

October 1963

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On what day did he make a speech? What speech?

April 1964, Speech From the Dock

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On what date where Mandela and how many others accused?

June 1964, Mandela and 7 others were convicted

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Where was the white man sent compared to the others?

The white man was sentenced to Pretoria Prison, others were sent to Robben Island

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When did Nelsons mom die?

1968

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When did his son die? What was his name?

Thembi died 1969

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How long did he spend at Robben Island? How long was his sentence?

18 years of his 27 year sentence

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What hard labour did Mandela do? What happened to him?

He did hard work in a limestone quarry, left him with permanent eye damage

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How often was he allowed visitors?

Once a year for 30 mins, every 6 months he could send a letter

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When was Mandela transferred and where to?

1982, Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town

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When was he under house arrest and where?

1988 for 14 months at Victoria Versten prison

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When did the new president come in and who was he?

1988, F.W de Klerk

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When was Mandela released?

11 February 1990

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Who did he share the Nobel peace prize with, what year?

F.W de Klerk, 1993

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When did South Africa have there first democratic elections?

27 April 1994

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When did Nelson become president?

10 may 1994

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How long did he stay as president for?

1 term