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Mandela Is One of the Epic Tales of the —San Francisco Twentieth Century 4/color process gritty matte lamination Biography/history “m eredith paints an insider’s canvas of “p rovides new perspective and insights into the man and recent south african his times.”—W AshingTon PosT history as well as an epic tale of a freedom fighter.” he life of NelsoN MaNdela is one of the epic tales of the —San FranciSco twentieth century. a descendent of the thembu royal family, a lawyer by chronicle T profession, he became the central figure in the titanic struggle to overthrow south africa’s apartheid regime. resorting to armed rebellion, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and endured years of hardship on robben island, battling against vengeful white warders and largely forgotten by the outside world. yet he never lost sight of the cause of democracy. after his release, it was ulti- mately mandela’s leadership and moral courage that helped deliver a peaceful end to apartheid after years of racial division and violence. as president, he pursued the cause of national reconciliation with the same tenacity, striving to promote a sense of common citizenship between black and white. in this brilliantly researched, newly updated biography, martin meredith vividly aB i ography captures the epic nature of mandela’s life and, with new perspective, examines his legacy in today’s south africa. “m eredith carefully avoids adulation while tracing the course of mandela’s remarkable career....He skillfully depicts mandela’s complex relationships...[and] writes vividly M a N d ela but unsentimentally about the tribulations and betrayals that racked mandela’s family.” —Los AngeLes Times “revealing insights, particularly into the contrast between the M a rti N disciplined mandela who emerged from prison and the impetuous figure of the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.” M e r e d i t h —neW York Times Book revieW Cover design by Pete garCeau Cover Photos © getty images a vailable as an e-book M a N d ela $21.99/$25.50 CAN aB i ography ISBN 978-1-58648-951-9 5 2 1 9 9 M a rti N 9 7 8 1 5 8 6 4 8 9 5 1 9 M e r e d i t h Visit www.publicaffairsbooks.com a uthor of The Fate of Africa sign up for our newsletter 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page i MANDELA 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page ii ALSO BY MARTIN MEREDITH: The Past Is Another Country: Rhodesia—UDI to Zimbabwe The First Dance of Freedom: Black Africa in the Postwar Era In the Name of Apartheid: South Africa in the Postwar Era Coming to Terms: South Africa’s Search for Truth Elephant Destiny: Biography of an Endangered Species in Africa Mugabe: Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page iii MANDELA A BIOGRAPHY MARTIN MEREDITH New York Copyright © 1997, 2010 by Martin Meredith. First published in 1997 in Great Britain by the Penguin Group. Hardcover first published in the United States in 2010 by PublicAffairs™, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Paperback first published in the United States in 2011 by PublicAffairs. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1321, New York, NY 10107. PublicAffairs books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Little, Brown & Co. for permission to reprint extracts from Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (copyright © 1994 by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela); and to the Alan Paton Trust for permission to quote an extract from Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (copyright © 1948 by Alan Paton). Photos appear with permission from Link; UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives; Bailey’s African History Archive; GettyImages; and Magnum Photos. Editorial production by the Book Factory. The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover as follows: Meredith, Martin. Mandela : a biography / Martin Meredith. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58648-832-1 (alk. paper) 1. Mandela, Nelson, 1918– 2. South Africa—Politics and government—20th century. 3. African National Congress—History. 4. Political prisoners—South Africa—Biography. 5. Presidents—South Africa—Biography. 6. South Africa— Race relations. I. Title. DT1974 .M474 968.06'5092—dc22 [B] 2010001287 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-58648-951-9 E-book ISBN: 978-1-58648-866-6 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page v For T 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page vii CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Map xii Prologue xv 1 The Mission School Ladder 1 2 Johannesburg 23 3 Friends and Comrades 52 4 The Apartheid Machine 68 5 The ‘M’ Plan 95 6 The Freedom Charter 123 7 ‘The Fabulous Decade’ 143 8 A Trial of Endurance 160 9 Spear of the Nation 192 10 Capture 213 11 Operation Mayibuye 233 12 The Rivonia Trial 245 13 Prisoner 466/64 279 14 A Double Ordeal 303 15 Soweto 319 16 Free Mandela! 337 vii 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page viii viii CONTENTS 17 Talking with the Enemy 353 18 The Football Club 371 19 Botha’s Tea Party 384 20 A Step to Freedom 389 21 The Third Man 414 22 Winnie’s Trial 429 23 Codesa 439 24 Winnie’s Downfall 453 25 The Sunset Clause 461 26 The Loneliest Man 480 27 The Election Roller-Coaster 495 28 Reinventing South Africa 517 29 The Bitter End 533 30 The Gravy Train 543 31 Dealing with the Past 551 32 Passing the Baton 565 33 L’Envoi 574 Notes on Sources 601 Select Bibliography 613 Index 627 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Mandela at nineteen (UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 2. Evelyn Mase, Mandela’s first wife (Eli Weinberg, UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 3. Walter Sisulu (Bailey’s African History Archive, Drum Social History/Africa Media Online, courtesy Link) 4. The newly opened offices of Mandela and Tambo in Chancellor House (Jürgen Schadeburg, Getty Images) 5. Boxing in the heavyweight division (Eli Weinberg, UWC— Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 6. Mandela outside court in Pretoria, 1958 (Bailey’s African History Archive, Drum Social History/Africa Media Online, courtesy Link) 7. Mandela with his bride, Winnie Madikizela, June 1958 (Eli Wein- berg, UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 8. Addressing the Pietermaritzburg All-in Conference, March 1961 (UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 9. Mandela wearing a beaded Thembu necklace (Eli Weinberg, UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 10. Mandela with Ruth First (Jürgen Schadeburg, Getty Images) 11. Ruth First, Bram Fischer, Joe Slovo, and Rusty Bernstein (UWC— Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 12. Mandela with Moses Kotane (Jürgen Schadeburg, Getty Images) 13. Mandela with Oliver Tambo (UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) ix x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 14. Mandela outside Westminster Abbey, 1962 (UWC—Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 15. Crushing stones at Robben Island (UWC—Robben Island Mu- seum Mayibuye Archives) 16. Mandela with Walter Sisulu at Robben Island, 1964 (UWC— Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives) 17. Winnie and Zindzi, 1962 (Bailey’s African History Archive, Drum Social History/Africa Media Online, courtesy Link) 18. Winnie, Zindzi, and Zenani (Alf Kumalo, Bailey’s African History Archive, Drum Social History/Africa Media Online, courtesy Link) 19. Winnie during visit to police cells, 1962 (Bailey’s African History Archive, Drum Social History/Africa Media Online, courtesy Link) 20. Zindzi, 1985 (Gideon Mendel, Getty Images) 21. Mandela with Winnie, 1990 (Alexander Joe, Getty Images) 22. Mandela and de Klerk (Rodger Bosch, iAfrika/Link) 23. Mandela with Slovo, 1991 (Walter Dhladhla, Getty Images) 24. Mandela with Slovo, 1990 (Walter Dhladhla, Getty Images) 25. Mandela on the campaign trail, 1994 (Alexander Joe, Getty Images) 26. Mandela casting his vote in South Africa’s general election (Jür- gen Schadeburg, Getty Images) 27. Thabo Mbeki and daughter, Zenani, at Mandela’s inauguration, 1994 (Ian Barry, Magnum Photos) 28. Mandela with Betsie Verwoerd, 1995 (Getty Images) 29. Mandela with Percy Yutar (Picture Net/Link) 30. Mandela with François Pienaar, 1995 (Getty Images) 31. Mandela with Queen Elizabeth, 1996 (Tim Graham, Getty Images) 32. Mandela with Graca Machel (Johnny Eggit, Getty Images) 33. Mandela chipping stone at Robben Island (Guy Tillim, Getty Images) 34. Mandela in cell at Robben Island (Getty Images) 35. Mandela with de Klerk (Rodger Bosch, iAfrika/Link) 36. Mandela at de Klerk’s seventieth birthday (Rodger Bosch, Getty Images) 37. Mandela with Mbeki, 2003 (Alexander Joe, Getty Images) 9781586488321-text_Layout 1 1/28/10 9:48 PM Page xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In the years that I have been writing about South Africa, as a journalist and as an author, I have encountered much generosity and goodwill. Many people on many occasions have given me valued help and assistance and shown great hospitality. For all the acts of kindness I have received, I am profoundly grateful.
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