On Thursday evening, President Jacob Zuma announced the sad news of Nelson Mandela's demise at the age of 95. He was South Africa's first black president, a revolutionary freedom fighter who fought for anti-apartheid in South Africa.
In 1962 he was arrested, convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial. He had served 27 years in prison, then became president of African National Congress and finally did overthrow the ...
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