About Gardening -History and Styles-: Nelson Mandela: Breaking News

Nelson Mandela, born in Transki, South Africa in 1918, was passed away at 20:50 (GMT +2) December 5, his age at death is 95 years old. His true name is “Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela”, that language is Xhosa, one of the official languages of Republic of South Africa. During his lifetime, he acted as a member of anti-apartheid movement, lawer, commander of the military organization, and President of South Africa. Moreover, the first black President after the age of whites had ruled.

Apartheid was severe racism policy mainly enforced in South Africa. “Apartheid” is Afrikaans word that means “separation” or “isolation”. Almost everything in daily life was separated for blacks and whites. Works, living areas, educations, marriages and many institutions (restaurants, hotels, buses etc.) ware all subject of the law.

Battle Flag of Umkhonto we Sizwe

He is famous as an anti-apartheid revolutionary. He had been opposing apartheid from his college student days to apartheid had been avolished. After he graduated from university, in August 1952, he founded a low firm. Then, in November 1961, a militant “Umkhonto we Sizwe” (seems "Spear of the Nation") was co-founded by him. But in August 1962, he got arrested and life imprisonment of treason in 1964. Finally, he was released in February 1990. He conferred with the then President, Frederic Willem de Klerk, who was a man who played very important role in the abolition of the apartheid on the law, in December 1989. In 1991, he became the chairman of ANC (African Nation Congress) and made a declaration of apartheid abolition. Later, in 1993, he got Nobel Peace Prize with Klerk. In April 1994, the first election that opened up to all races was held and Mandela became the President. As a president, Mandela removed all laws of apartheid completely. Before that, some of the laws are still remained despite declaration in 1991.

He was a president by 1999 and retired the political world this year. After retired, there are many struggles against his disease. Actually, he got respiratory disease while he is in prison and he got ill of lung infection in his later years. He hospitalized twice and finally, he breathed his last at his home. During his lifetime, he got married three times.

Do you know “Nelson Mandela Day”? It is an international day enacted by UN in 2009. The sumarry of it is, in his birthday, July 18, spend 67minutes for someone’s hapiness; the number 67 seems the length of years Mandela had fought for apartheid. While he was died, we can treat others with 67minutes.