EFS Assessment - Biography

 Time line 

Nelson Mandela

1918  was born at Qunu , near Umtata on 18 Jully

1952  opend the first Black Law firm in South Africa

1944  Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League

1949  action was adopted by ANC

1952  Defaince compaign and later acts of sabotage

late 50's  resign from the ANC and worked underground

1956-1961  charged with treason

1960   Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African's

1962  arrested and imprisonment in the nortorous Robben Island prison 

1990   release from prison

1994  first democratically elected State President of South Africa

1999  president until June

1993  awarded noble price jointly with F.W DE Klerk

Turning points:

• action was adopted by ANC
• resign from ANC 
• charged with treason
• arrested and imprisonment in the nortorous Robben Island prison
• release from prison

Achievements:

• first democratically elected State President of South Africa
• awarded noble price