CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -South African anti-apartheid leader and world human rights activist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on June 12, 1964 for his political activism by the South African establishment. He was freed from prison only after 27 years during which time he became the face of the anti-apartheid movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -He completed his degree at the University of South Africa (UNISA) through correspondence while working, after which he began his law studies at the University of Witwatersrand. Mandela lived in a township called Alexandra during that time.

Detailed explanation-3: -The African National Congress won a 63 percent share of the vote at the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country’s first Black President, with the National Party’s F.W. de Klerk as his first deputy and Thabo Mbeki as the second in the Government of National Unity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Awarded for: Exceptional and unequalled contribution to the liberation struggle, national reconciliation and nation-building in the Republic of South Africa and for unwavering commitment to peace and justice in the world.