Mohamed
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Turning point and Achievement of Nelson Mandela
TURNING POINTS
- Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe.
- Nelson Mandela has continued to be an international figure of great stature.
- Nelson Mandela is also associated with many educational such as Make Poverty History Campaign.
- In 1962 Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
- This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
- Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society.
- Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground.
- In the late 50's there was an extremely lengthy Treason Trial in which Mandela and several others were charged with treason.
- The Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s and This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
ACHIEVEMENT
- In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
- Mandela finished his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.
- In 10th May 1994 Nelson Mandela become the first democratically elected State President of South Africa and was President until June 1999.
- In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Piece Prize
- In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.
- Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious.
- However in his autobiographic Mandela reveals how he sought to make the best use of his time there.
- Since retiring from office Nelson Mandela has continued to be an international figure of great stature.
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Nelson Mandela
- Nelson Mandela was born at Qunu, near Umtata on 18 July 1918.
- In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
- In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.
- Mandela was instrumental in pushing the ANC into more direct action such as the 1952 Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage.
- in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.
- by 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
- Mandela’s release in 1990.
- 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999.
- In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Price jointly with F.W. De Klerk
- Nelson Mandela died December 5, 2013, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fred Hollows Biography Timeline
- Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand in 1929
- In 1960, Fred got a job in Australia.
- 5 years later he was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital
- In the 1970's, he helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians
- In 3 years the team traveled all over outback Australia
- It treated 30,000 people, performed a thousand operations and prescribed more than 10,000 pairs of glasses.
- By 1980, Fred was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries
- by 1989 Fred Hollows knew he wouldn't live to see all his ideas happen
- In 1993, Fred died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Gabi and their five children.
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