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His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a local chief and councillor to the monarch; he was appointed to the position in 1915,
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Mandela was born on 18 July 1918
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in 1933 Mandela began his secondary education at Clarkebury Methodist High School
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moved to Healdtown in 1937
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Returned to Mqhekezweni in December 1940
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Jongintaba visited Johannesburg—there forgiving Mandela for running away—before returning to Thembuland, where he died in winter 1942
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joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944
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in August 1943 Mandela marched in support of a successful bus boycott to reverse fare rises
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In 1943, Mandela met Anton Lembede, an ANC member affiliated with the 'Africanist' branch of African nationalism
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he African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was founded on Easter Sunday 1944
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he got married to Evelyn Mase in 1944
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n July 1947, Mandela rushed Lembede, who was ill, to hospital, where he died
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Defiance Campaign and Transvaal ANC Presidency
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Congress of the People and the Treason Trial
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co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government
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MK, the SACP, and African tour
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Arrest and Rivonia trial
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In April 1982, Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town
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Victor Verster Prison and release
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President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990
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Period: to
he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party
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General election
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he died in december 5 2013
