Nelson Mandela

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South African Nationalist leader Nelson Mandela (71) was released on February 11, from Victor Verstea prison, Paarl, 56 k.m. from Cape Town where he spent last 14 months of his imprisonment. He spent abut 27 years in prison. Mandela was arrested at the age of 44.

Mandela joined African National Congress in 1944 and helped to build its "Youth League". His commitment to democracy, non-racism and socialist oriented economy is unprecedented. After the release Mandela reaffirmed his commitment to ANC guerilla campaign whose inception in 1960 led to his imprisonment.

In 1960 police massacred 69 Africans at Sharpevilla and ANC was banned by white minority government of …