Nelson Mandela :

Turning points :

1. Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society
2.  Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
3.  in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate
4. Life at the prison was tough and uncompromising.
5.  led to Mandela’s release in 1990
6. Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son because of disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.

Achievement :

1. Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.
2.  Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
3. Mandela was instrumental in pushing the ANC into more direct action such as the 1952 Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage.
4.  the S.A.state had become increasingly repressive making it more difficult for the ANC to operate.
5.  the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate
6.  Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.
7.  Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize