The 27 for Freedom Race is more than just a sporting event—it is a symbol of resilience, perseverance, and unity, reflecting ...

Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 for his activities with the African National Congress, Mandela was released in 1990 and later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending apartheid ...

Nelson Mandela ... In prison, Mandela lived in a small cell without a bed or plumbing, forced to do hard labour in a limestone quarry during the day. 10. His work in the quarry permanently ...

April 2, 1985 – Black-Jewish Freedom Seders ... February 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela freed from prison, four years to the day after Sharansky. World Jewry “reacts with elation“ February ...

The spirit of former President Nelson Mandela will come alive at the historic Drakenstein Correctional Centre on Saturday, 8 February, as the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) hosts the 27 for ...

Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid system's brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to ...

TREVOR MCDONALD: In the 1940s South Africa was under apartheid rule: the doctrine that white people were somehow superior to Black people. The white police force sometimes tortured and killed the ...

“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned from ...

Follows the life of Nelson Mandela and his fight for freedom - from his childhood, to his 27 years in prison before becoming president and working to rebuild South Africa's once segregated society.