EFS Class

Tuesday 11 August 2015

Turning point and Achievement of Nelson Mandela

                                                 TURNING POINTS


  1. Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe.
  2. Nelson Mandela has continued to be an international figure of great stature.
  3. Nelson Mandela is also associated with many educational such as Make Poverty History Campaign.
  4. In 1962 Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison. 
  5. This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
  6. Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society.
  7. Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground.
  8. In the late 50's  there was an extremely lengthy Treason Trial in which Mandela and several others were charged with treason. 
  9. The Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s and This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

                                       ACHIEVEMENT  

  1. In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
  2. Mandela finished his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.
  3. In 10th May 1994 Nelson Mandela become the first democratically elected State President of South Africa and was President until June 1999.
  4. In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Piece Prize 
  5. In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.
  6.  Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious.
  7. However in his autobiographic Mandela reveals how he sought to make the best use of his time there.
  8. 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.