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POPSNelson Rolihlahla Mandela Turns 90 Today Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country's first black president. Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed South Africa's white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. The government outlawed the ANC in 1960. Mandela was captured and jailed in 1962, and in 1964 he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison. Instead of disappearing from view, Mandela became a prison-bound martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. South African President F.W. de Klerk finally lifted the ban on the ANC and released Mandela in 1990. Mandela used his stature to help dismantle apartheid and form a new multi-racial democracy, and he and de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Mandela was elected the country's president in 1994. He served until 1999, when he was succeeded by his deputy Thabo Mbeki.
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POPSOccupied Palestine: Worse than South Africa under Apartheid If the people who lived under and struggled free of apartheid say "This is worse", the world needs to listen up and take note. South Africa was made a pariah state by the WHOLE WORLD because of Apartheid. And what Israel is doing, according to those who lived it, is WORSE than what PW Botha et al did.
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POPSNelson Mandela retreats from public life There's a saying amongst the Zulus, "When the bulls fight, the grass gets trampled". That is what is happening. Mbeki's term as President is drawing to a close, despite his attempts to extend it another term. Now he wants to be head of the ANC, the current ruling party. The bulls are beginning to fight and the country is going to suffer. The recent COSATU trade union strike was all about political infighting and had nothing to do with wage increases for the workers, and it's the striking workers, too blind to see it, who paid the price. I think everything is pointing to a civil war and Mandela's death will probably be the catalyst. Africa has never settled its disputes through the ballot box, but always through the barrel of a gun.
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