Mandala mandela and julius malema biography

Mandela and MK

The late s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Various types of armed resistance spread to urban parts of the country when more organised political groupings gathered to perpetrate violence against the repressive apartheid state. Succeeding the Sharpeville incident, a meeting convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP) in December in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, aimed to discern the way forward in light of the African National Congress’ (ANC) ban and the imposition of a state of emergency. Among those who attended were Mandela, Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Mhlaba, Kotane and a number of other ANC and SACP members. Those attending congruently agreed that the agenda of non-violence would have to be replaced by armed resistance in the form of the establishment of military units, with only a few attendees concerned that the liberation movement was not yet ready for a transit

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

South African activist and politician (–)

Winnie Madikizela-MandelaOLS MP (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September ^[1] – 2 April ),^[2] also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. A convicted kidnapper, she served as a Member of Parliament from to ,^[3] and from until her death,^[4] and was a deputy minister of arts and culture from to A member of the African National Congress (ANC) political party, she served on the ANC's National Executive Committee and headed its Women's League. Madikizela-Mandela was known to her supporters as the "Mother of the Nation".^[5][6]

Born to a Xhosa royal family in Bizana, and a qualified social worker, she married anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg in ; they remained married for 38 years and had two children together. In , after Mandela was imprisoned f

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Nelson Mandela death: Remembering the man

Nelson Mandela was a grand figure - tall, good looking, upright, a great speaker.

With that elan, charisma, the way he carried himself, he was a tremendous inspirational figure.

He was already something of an underground figure, who put himself outside the lag - the so-called "black pimpernel".

He really led from the front in that respect.

His contribution has been absolutely outstanding - sheer brilliance in terms of the way he could play the enemy from within prison and begin to engage and understand… and change the whole paradigm.

It speaks to a quite outstanding mind and people don't give him enough tribute in terms of intellect.

Although there were others of considerable stature [at the Rivonia trial] his speech there does mark him out above the others.

The idea of an icon, a single icon, throughout history, it does work - perhaps unfortunately.

I would say that movements prosper much better with a real collect