Nelson Mandela Report

Nelson Mandela Report

By Rhianne

Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa. He has his own charity called the Nelson Mandela Children’s fund (NMCF). Nelson Mandela was famous for being the President of South Africa.

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa. His parents are Noqaphi Nosekeni and Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa. His siblings are Nomabandla Mandela (Brother), Lieby Mandela, Constance Mandela (Sister), Baliwe Mandela (Sister), Makhutswana Mandela (Sister), Baliwe Mandela (Sister), Mhlalwa Mandela (Brother), Mabel Mandela, Bethusile Mandela (Sister) and Daligqili Mandela who is his sister. Mr Mandela went to the University of Fort Hare, the South African Native College. He then moved to the city of Johannesburg to study law at the University of Witwatersrand before he became a lawyer in 1942 aged 24. He was a nonviolent activist, politician and philanthropist who became South Africa’s first black president from 1994 - 1999. He began in 1962.

Mandela spent 27 years in prison for political offenses. For 20 years he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African president F.W de Klerk., were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to the countries apartheid system.

I think Nelson Mandela is the ultimate Unsung Hero because he stood up for the lives of African people and went to prison for 27 years. I deeply admire what he did for black people. If Nelson Mandela was living I would like to thank him for all the things he did. I truly believe that Nelson Mandela is an inspiration to others. Even though I would have not have  done what he did I still appreciate what he did.