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18 JULY 1918 - Born Rolihlahla Mandela at MARCH 21 - Establishes the Nelson Mandela Children’s in the Transkei Fund and donates one third of his 1918 1960 MARCH 30 - A State of Emergency is imposed 1995 presidential salary to it 1925 - Attends primary school near and Mandela is among thousands detained (receives the name ‘Nelson’ from a teacher) 1999 - Steps down after one term as APRIL 8 - The ANC is banned president, establishes the Nelson Mandela 1930 - Entrusted to Thembu Regent Foundation as his post-presidential office

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1937 - Attends Healdtown, the Wesleyan ANC Launches the Mandela Rhodes Foundation to

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NOVEMBER 7 - passes away at his home in Houghton, 1940 - Expelled incitement and leaving the country without 2013 TO GUIDE A AS MAP THIS USE a passport 1941 - Escapes an arranged marriage, becomes a mine watchman; starts articles NORTH WEST • Pretoria at a law firm in Johannesburg MAY 27 - Sent to • Johannesburg

1942 - Completes BA through the 1963 JUNE 12 - Is returned to Pretoria Local Prison University of (UNISA)

OCTOBER 9 - Appears in court for the Begins to attend African National 1942 - first time in what becomes known as the Congress (ANC) meetings informally with Walter Sisulu, , Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, KWAZULU-NATAL Graduates with BA from Fort Hare, 1943 - Lionel ‘Rusty’ Bernstein, Raymond Mhlaba, enrols for an LLB at Wits University James Kantor, Elias Motsoaledi, Andrew Mlangeni and Bob Hepple who had charges FREE STATE dropped on 30 October 19 Co-founds the ANC Youth League (ANCYL), Nelson Mandela marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase, they have four DECEMBER 3 – Pleads not guilty Capture Site Howick 1944 children: Thembekile (1945); Makaziwe to sabotage (1947 – who dies after nine months); • Richards Bay Makgatho (1950); Makaziwe (1954) 20 • Durban 1964, JUNE 11 - All except Rusty Bernstein Ohlange • TRAVELLERS MAP • and James Kantor are convicted and Institute 1948 - Elected national secretary of sentenced (June 12) to life NORTHERN CAPE • Bloemfontein the ANCYL JUNE 13 - Arrives on Robben Island 1951 - Elected President of the ANCYL 1982, MARCH 31 - Mandela, Sisulu, Mhlaba 1952 - : Arrested and and Mlangeni and later Kathrada are sent 01 charged for violating the Suppression of to Bhunga Building Communism Act; elected Transvaal ANC President; convicted with JS Moroka, 1985, FEBRUARY 10 - Rejects South 02 Walter Sisulu and 17 others under the African President PW Botha’s offer to Suppression of Communism Act; sentenced release him if he renounces violence Nelson Mandela Youth & Heritage Centre Qunu to nine months imprisonment with hard labour, suspended for two years; elected 1988, DECEMBER 7 - Is moved to Victor first of ANC deputy presidents; opens Verster Prison in Paarl where he is held for WESTERN CAPE South Africa’s first black law firm with 14 months in a cottage 03 Fort Hare University INDIAN OCEAN 24 1953 - Devises the M-Plan for ANC’s further 27 The Mandela FEBRUARY 2 - The ANC is unbanned Pollsmoor Prison Rhodes Building underground operations 23 • East London FEBRUARY 11 – Released 22 1990 Drakenstein 1955 - Watches as the Congress of Correctional Centre 04 the People at Kliptown adopts the Nobel Peace Laureate MARCH 2 - Elected ANC Deputy President Sculptures V&A Waterfront Nelson Mandela Voting 25 Line Sculpture 1993, DECEMBER 10 - Awarded the Nobel 1956 - Arrested and joins 155 others on City Hall and • Port Elizabeth Peace Prize with FW de Klerk • trial for treason. All are acquitted by 29 26 March 1961 Parliament 27 APRIL - Votes for this first time in his life 1958 - Divorces ; 21 IMAGE CREDITS N Nelson Mandela Foundation/Matthew Willman Marries Winnie Madikizela – Robben MAY 9 - Elected by Parliament as first they have two daughters: Zenani (1959) 1994 Island KEY president of a democratic South Africa and Zindzi (1960)

MAY 10 - Inaugurated as President of the Republic of South Africa W E ATLANTIC OCEAN 00 00 Must-visit places Places of interest linked on Madiba’s journey to Nelson Mandela’s life This is an edited version of the original Nelson Mandela Timeline that can be viewed on the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s S Centre of Memory website: www.nelsonmandela.org

ARTISTIC MAP, NOT A TRUE REFLECTION OF GEOGRAPHY NELSON MANDELA NELSON MANDELA 11 17 22 27 Kliptown Sharpeville Human Nobel Peace Laureate Sculptures Pollsmoor Prison IN THE EASTERN CAPE IN GAUTENG Open-Air Museum Rights Precinct V&A Waterfront

In 1955, a banned Nelson Mandela secretly witnessed the The Sharpeville Human Rights Precinct is a memorial for No walk around the V&A Waterfront is complete without Nelson Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor Maximum adoption of the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the those who died in the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, a visit to to see the sculptures of the four Security Prison on 31 March 1982. People in Kliptown. The Freedom Charter outlined the wishes South African Nobel Peace Prize laureates standing in a for a new South Africa as collected from people throughout WEBSITE www.sedibeng.gov.za row: Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk, and Latitude -34.0684977 Longitude 18.4319704 01 GPS 05 Latitude -26.67038 Longitude 27.88767 Bhunga Building South Africa. Today, Kliptown has a monument in honour of GPS Albert Luthuli. These four great men all played their part in Mthatha Museum the adoption of the charter. helping South Africa to democracy.

Attractions 1 and 2 on this map form part of the Nelson Visit the house where Mandela lived with his family in . ADDRESS Walter Sisulu Square, INFO Nobel Square is situated in the V&A Waterfront NELSON MANDELA Mandela Museum. The Bhunga Building in Mthatha pays Situated in Vilakazi Street, it has been carefully restored and Klipspruit Valley Road, Soweto 18 precinct of Cape Town, near the V&A Hotel tribute to Nelson Mandela through self-guided activities gives visitors great insight into the Mandela family. The house The Nelson Mandela Statue CAPTURE SITE FEES R15 (adults), R10 (students), free (pensioners) and the . The statues are that will give insight into his birth and his life in the Eastern is filled with memorabilia about the family, complete with at the Union Buildings HOURS 09:00-16:00 Mon-Fri | 09:00-14:00 Sat & Sun freestanding and there is no entrance fee to Cape and South Africa. The Bhunga Building Museum site photographs and visuals. The museum is a moving tribute to TEL +27 (0)11 528 8689/90 A 9m-high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled the Waterfront. is currently undergoing major renovations and will open the incredible struggle for freedom. There is a museum shop EMAIL [email protected] at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on December 16, 2013. TEL +27 (0)21 408 7600 (V&A Waterfront) later in 2014. with branded commemorative items for sale. WEBSITE www.joburg.org.za EMAIL [email protected] GPS Latitude -26.2728193 Longitude 27.8876352 WEBSITE www.thepresidency.gov.za GPS Latitude -33.9061785 Longitude 18.419547 ADDRESS 8115 Vilakazi Street, Soweto GPS Latitude -25.740643 Longitude 28.2118838 HOURS 09:00-17:00 7 days a week 02 FEES R40 (Adult SA) R60 (Adult Int) Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre Qunu Reduced rates for pensioners and scholars 12 23 TEL +27 (0)11 936 7754 Constitution Drakenstein Hill NELSON MANDELA Correctional Centre Qunu is where Nelson Mandela spent many happy days as EMAIL [email protected] a child. The Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre is WEBSITE www.mandelahouse.org Constitution Hill Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, IN KWAZULU-NATAL Drakenstein Correctional Centre was formerly known as nearby, a few hundred metres from Nelson Mandela’s home. GPS Latitude -26.2384945 Longitude 27.9088018 has a complex history going back to 1892, when the Old Victor Verster Prison and is an unofficial attraction linked Fort was built. Through the years, it functioned mainly as a to the life and times of Nelson Mandela. Situated between The Mandela burial site is approximately five kilometres prison, and in the dark days of apartheid, it was here that Paarl and Franschhoek in the Cape winelands, it was here, from the Nelson Mandela Museum, and can be seen from a many passive resisters and freedom fighters, including on a house on the property, that Nelson Mandela spent the viewing deck at the museum. There is currently no public 06 19 Mahatma Gandhi in 1913 and later Nelson Mandela, were held. Nelson Mandela last 14 months of the 27 years he spent in prison. There access to the burial site. Tours to the open-air museum Vilakazi Street Many of those involved in the Defiance Campaign of 1952 Capture Site is a bronze statue by sculptor Jean Doyle of Mandela just at Mvezo are also an option, but permission must be and The Treason Trial of 1956 were also kept here. It has outside the prison gates depicting him on the day of his requested from the chief. It is advisable to contact the This site has enormous significance in the history of the Vilakazi Street is the most famous street in Soweto, and for two permanent exhibitions that focus on the lives of Nelson release on 11 February 1990. Nelson Mandela Museum to request a date to visit Mvezo. freedom struggle because it is where Nelson Mandela good reason. It is the only street in the world to have had two Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. began his 27-year incarceration. On 5 August 1962, Nobel Peace Prize winners as residents. Both Nelson Mandela INFO The Drakenstein Correctional Centre is located ADDRESS Bhunga Building, Nelson Mandela Drive & armed police flagged down a car driven by Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived here, and today you ADDRESS 1 Kotze Street, Braamfontein. en route to Paarl on the R301 road 5km from Owen Street, Mthatha, Eastern Cape 5100 in a chauffeur’s uniform on the R103 near Howick in can visit Mandela House, which is where Mrs Mandela and HOURS 09:00-17:00 (Monday to Friday) the R45 Huguenot Road INFO Guides are best booked in advance for tour KwaZulu-Natal. He had been on the run for 17 months and the children lived until she was banished to Brandfort in 1977 10:00–15:00 (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) TEL +27 (0)21 864 8000 groups and weekends was returning from a secret meeting with African National and returned years later. It remained a family house until it TEL +27 (0)11 381 3100 +27 (0)82 820 8070 (Manfred Jacobs) FEES There is no entry fee but donations are welcome Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli. To mark the became a museum. Vilakazi Street is within walking distance EMAIL [email protected] +27 (0)84 339 0593 HOURS 08:00-16:30, Monday to Sunday spot is a sculpture comprising 50 steel rods that make up of the famous Hector Pieterson Museum. WEBSITE www.constitutionhill.org.za WEBSITE www.capetown.travel TEL +27 (0)47 532 5110 Mandela’s face, designed by artist Marco Cianfanelli. GPS Latitude -26.1900529 Longitude 28.0431539 GPS Latitude -33.8436306 Longitude 19.0161056 EMAIL [email protected] ADDRESS Vilakazi Street is situated in the Orlando West WEBSITE www.nelsonmandelamuseum.org.za suburb of Soweto INFO Old Main Road (R103) – 5 km from Howick. CONTACT Soweto Tourism Information Centre FEES Adults: R25; students with cards R20; children TEL +27 (0)11 342 4316 13 under 18: R15; children in school groups: R5; 24 WEBSITE www.joburgtourism.com Apartheid teachers in school groups: R10. The Mandela Museum Rhodes Building GPS Latitude -26.2385228 Longitude 27.9066464 TEL +27 (0)83 399 5111 03 The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged EMAIL [email protected] The Mandela Rhodes Building, situated at 150 St George’s Fort Hare WEBSITE www.thecapturesite.co.za University as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with Mall in Cape Town, is home to The Mandela Rhodes 20th-century South Africa, at the heart of which is the GPS Latitude -29.46889 Longitude 30.17006 Foundation. In 1939 Nelson Mandela enrolled at the University College of 07 apartheid story. The Apartheid Museum illustrates the rise Fort Hare, Alice Alexandra Heritage Precinct and fall of apartheid. There is a permanent exhibition titled WEBSITE www.mandelarhodes.org Mandela: Leader, Comrade, Negotiator, Prisoner, Statesman. GPS Latitude -33.9240373 Longitude 18.4188415 WEBSITE www.ufh.ac.za Visit the house in Alexandra where Nelson Mandela stayed 20 Ohlange GPS Latitude -32.786731 Longitude 26.8486019 in the early 1940s. ADDRESS Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Roads, Ormonde Institute HOURS 09:00-17:00 (Tuesday to Sunday) On April 27, 1994, Nelson Mandela voted for the first time in WEBSITE www.jda.org.za or www.gauteng.net FEES R65 (adults), R20 (learners), R25 (teachers) 25 GPS Latitude -26.104803 Longitude 28.0930419 his life, at Ohlange High School in KwaZulu-Natal. City Hall and 04 R50 (pensioners, students & children) Grand Parade Nelson Mandela Voting TEL +27 (0)11 309 4700 WEBSITE www.heritagekzn.co.za Line Sculpture, Port Elizabeth EMAIL [email protected] Built in 1905, Cape Town’s City Hall is one of the last GPS Latitude -29.4513424 Longitude 31.0551993 WEBSITE www.apartheidmuseum.org Victorian-style sandstone structures in the city. It is built The Voting Line sculpture at the Donkin Reserve in Port 08 GPS Latitude -26.2372245 Longitude 28.0090226 in the Italian Renaissance style and is a major attraction. Elizabeth consists of metal figures representing all the Chancellor House and The Shadow Boxer Statue Cape Town’s Grand Parade is directly in front of City communities who share the land – and who voted peacefully Hall. On 11 February 1990, it was from the balcony of City Attorneys worked from Chancellor on 27 April 1994. It’s a 38m-long metal sculpture representing NELSON MANDELA Hall that Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 250 000 House in the 1950s. Opposite this heritage site is The all South Africans connecting together to make what is 14 people, who came to hear him speak after his release Shadow Boxer Statue by artist Marco Cianfanelli. IN THE WESTERN CAPE simply entitled Voting Line. At the end of the queue is a metal Nelson Mandela from prison. There are regular tours of City Hall available Bridge cut-out of Nelson Mandela standing tall and victorious, his fist through various operators. in the air. WEBSITE www.gauteng.net This iconic bridge links Braamfontein to Newtown and GPS Latitude -26.20675 Longitude 28.03452 downtown Johannesburg, INFO , City Street, Cape Town. ADDRESS The Donkin Reserve lies in the Central District of TEL +27 (0)21 465 2029 Port Elizabeth. WEBSITE www.gauteng.net +27 (0)21 487 6800 (Cape Town Tourism) 21 FEES It’s an outdoor exhibition in a public space so Latitude -26.1973301 Longitude 28.0347787 GPS Robben EMAIL [email protected] there are no entry fees. Contact Mandela Bay 09 Hector Pieterson Museum Island WEBSITE www.capetown.travel Development Agency. Soweto GPS Latitude -33.9253677 Longitude 18.4237363 ESSENTIAL TEL +27 (0)41 811 8200 Robben Island is now a World Heritage Site and museum READING EMAIL [email protected] The Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto pays tribute to the 15 and is where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in jail. The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s GPS Latitude -33.962024 Longitude 25.620267 1976 . From the 17th to the 20th centuries, the island was a place Centre of Memory of imprisonment – today it is a beacon of hope and a place 26 WEBSITE www.gauteng.net The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory houses where visitors can gain some real insight into the life and Parliament GPS Latitude -26.2349276 Longitude 27.9086745 permanent and temporary exhibitions including a walk-in times of Nelson Mandela and fellow struggle heroes, such NELSON MANDELA experience of his post-presidential personal office. as Ahmed Kathrada, Robert Sobukwe, Clarence Makwethu, Nelson Mandela routinely appeared in Parliament as South Govan Mbeki and Walter Sisulu. African president from 1994 to 1999. The President’s office, by Nelson Mandela (Abacus Publishers) VOTING LINE SCULPTURE 107 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg 10 ADDRESS , in the Parliamentary precinct, is where prisoner Liliesleaf FEES Free (by appointment only as the facility cannot INFO Ferries depart at 09:00, 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00, Mandela was taken to meet President PW Botha on 5 July NELSON MANDELA BY HIMSELF cater to large numbers of visitors at once). weather permitting, from Nelson Mandela 1989 and President FW de Klerk on 13 December 1989 The Authorised Book of Quotations (Macmillan) TEL +27 (0)11 547 5600 Gateway, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. and 10 February 1990. Today, the public is welcome in the It was at where some prominent leaders of EMAIL [email protected] Each tour takes approximately 3.5 hours. National Assembly to see where President Mandela made NELSON MANDELA, CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF South Africa’s struggle against apartheid sought shelter WEBSITE www.nelsonmandela.org FEES R250 (adults), R120 (children younger than 18) historic speeches, such as his first and last State of the (Macmillan) and attended meetings. Some of these individuals were GPS Latitude -26.14989 Longitude 28.05792 TEL +27 (0)21 413 4220/1 (Robben Island Museum) Nation addresses. arrested in a police raid on Liliesleaf farm on 11 July 1963. EMAIL [email protected] A PRISONER IN A GARDEN Nelson Mandela, who was already serving a five-year prison WEBSITE www.robben-island.org.za INFO Parliament Street, City Centre, Cape Town. (Penguin) sentence, joined 10 others on trial for sabotage in what GPS Latitude -33.8049933 Longitude 18.3679893.14 Tours can be arranged into the government became known as the Rivonia Trial. Mandela and seven others 16 buildings from Monday to Friday between NELSON MANDELA: THE AUTHORISED PORTRAIT were sentenced to life imprisonment on 12 June 1964. 09:00 and 12:00. Booking is essential but the (Wild Dog) tours are free of charge. ADDRESS 7 George Ave, Rivonia, Johannesburg 2128 A popular shopping and entertainment centre in TEL +27 (0)21 403 2266 8115 A PRISONER’S HOME FEES R60 (adults), R35 (pensioners) where a 6m-high statue of Nelson Mandela is located. GPS Latitude -33.9272557 Longitude 18.4184879 by Alf Kumalo and Zukiswa Wanner (Penguin) TEL +27 (0)11 803 7882/3/4/6 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.nelsonmandelasquare.co.za ROBBEN ISLAND: A PLACE OF INSPIRATION: WEBSITE www.liliesleaf.co.za GPS Latitude -26.10795 Longitude 28.05408 MANDELA’S PRISON ISLAND GPS Latitude -26.043668 Longitude 28.0535746 by Charlene Smith (Struik Travel & Heritage)