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To get a real sense of you cannot visit without seeking some insight into the country’s most powerful leader – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – the man who set South Africa’s people free and whose memory lives on, immortalised in avenues, bridges, highways, monuments, statues and museums across the country.

TRAVEL IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF

Brought to you by SA-Venues.com® Copyright © 2020 Net-Focus Interactive THE MANDELA ROUTE elson Mandela, one of the world’s N most remarkable leaders, would have been 100 on 18 July 2018. He will be remembered for years to come as the man who went beyond the call of duty, the man who put any thought of retribution behind him to lead a country to peace and democracy. Mandela’s legacy is left predomi- nantly in three geographical regions. To get a sense of the man, we trace his history through the , and the Western Cape.

DESIGN ADDITIONAL READING • A Journey from Yesteryear to Tomorrow: Long March to Freedom YOUR • Mandela’s South Africa – Mandela-infused sites to visit OWN • Must-visit museums in • – a brief ROUTE history We’ve made it easy for you by dividing Mandela-infused sites Loved and revered for his magnanimity towards all, he into 3 sections: became known as Madiba, the ‘father’ of the people.

We’ve made it easy for you by dividing Mandela-infused sites into 3 sections:

1. MUST-SEE SITES: These are the places of interest and Each of these sections has been grouped 01 attractions you won’t want to miss by the province in which they’re located – the Eastern Cape, Johannesburg and the Western Cape – to make Designing your 2. ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST: These sites will add own Madela Route as simple as selecting 02 further insight into Mandela’s life what’s closest to you and plotting your route accordingly.

3. SITES FOR MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS: Really interesting 03 sites which you can skip if you’re pressed for time, but the real enthusiast will want to visit

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EASTERN CAPE GAUTENG WESTERN CAPE Nelson Mandela’s early years Nelson Mandela’s years of Nelson Mandela’s years in prison political activism

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACES OF THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACES OF THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACES OF INTEREST IN THIS PROVINCE 4 INTEREST IN THIS PROVINCE 7 INTEREST IN THIS PROVINCE 12 MUST-SEE SITES IN THE MUST-SEE SITES IN GAUTENG 8 MUST-SEE SITES IN THE EASTERN CAPE 4 Museum 8 WESTERN CAPE 12 The Voting Line Sculpture 4 Constitution Hill 8 City Hall and the 12 Route 67 5 Chancellor House and the Shadow Robben Island 12 Nelson Mandela Museum 5 Boxer 8 Nelson Mandela Gateway Museum 13 ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST 5 8 13 Mandela statue 8 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST 13 National Heritage Monument Art Museum 5 Giant billboard of Mandela 13 statues 9 Nelson Mandela Youth and Houses of Parliament 13 Heritage Centre 5 ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST 9 Drakenstein Prison 13 SITES FOR THE 9 St George’s Cathedral 13 MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS 6 The Shadow Boxer Mural 9 SITES FOR THE 10 Fort Hare University 6 MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS 14 Magistrates Court 10 6 St Mary’s Cathedral 14 Museum 10 Tutu’s house – Bishopscourt 14 Sharpeville Human Rights Mandela Rhodes Building 14 Precinct 10 14 Palace of Justice 10 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 14 SITES FOR THE 14 MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS 11 Mandela Memorial Square 14 Mandela statue 11 The Saxon Hotel 11 The Old Synagogue 11 REST OF THE COUNTRY Nelson Mandela Foundation 11 Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory 11 Additional Sites of interest Dr Xuma’s house 11 Mandela’s residence in Houghton 11 Mandela’s first home 11 Nelson Mandela Capture Site 15 Inanda Heritage Route 15 Ohlange Institute 15 Museum 15 Shambala retreat, now Zulu Camp 15 Naval Hill 15

3 THE MANDELA ROUTE THE EASTERN CAPE NELSON MANDELA’S EARLY YEARS IN BRIEF The history behind the places of interest

•01 The must-see sites in Eastern Cape

•02 Additional sites of interest, if you have the time

•03 Sites for the Mandela enthusiast

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACES OF INTEREST IN THIS PROVINCE Madiba’s birthplace and early years were spent on the grasslands of the Wild Coast as a cowherd. He was born in the modest rural village of near in 1918.

“The hills above Qunu were dotted with large smooth rocks which we transformed into our own roller- coaster. We sat on flat stones and slid down the face of the rocks. We did this until our backsides were so sore we could hardly sit down.”–EXTRACT 01 FROM MUST-SEE SITES IN THE EASTERN Born the son of a Thembu chief, CAPE one who acted as counsellor to the Thembu King, he was to get his educa- • The Voting Line Sculpture tion at Christian mission schools. His father died early and Mandela was Where? Donkin Reserve, Port taken into the Royal family and raised Elizabeth by King Jongintaba Mtirara, receiving a privileged upbringing and the best The Voting Line Sculpture is a 38 metre possible education at the time. laser-cut steel silhouette sculpture of a tracked both men down, ordering long line of voters – of all shapes and Between 1939 and 1941 he attended them back to the Eastern Cape. Justice sizes – connected together in a queue the University of Fort Hare, then a was to return and succeed his father, at the end of which is a separate tertiary institution for black African but Mandela remained, becoming cut-out of Nelson Mandela, his fist students (predominantly South embroiled in politics). raised in the air. The work is by artists African). Mandela was to complete his BA Anthony Harris and Konrad Geel and He managed to get expelled from the through UNISA a couple of years later, the Mandela figure is the logo for the university after demonstrating in a and finally his LLB some 50 years later Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Madiba student protest whereupon the king whilst in prison, through the London Trust. You’ll find the sculpture in the decided to arrange marriages for both University. He was to say about Donkin Reserve, on one of two routes Mandela and his cousin, Justice, similar education: – the Donkin Heritage Trail, or Route in age and studying with Mandela. 67 where the Voting Line Sculpture is Both men left the countryside in defi- “Education is the most powerful one of several artworks celebrating ance of this arrangement to journey to weapon which you can use to Mandela’s 67 years of public life. Johannesburg (Jongintaba apparently change the world.”

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• Route 67

Where? Port Elizabeth Route 67 is a tourist route filled with 67 artworks that form part of a wonderful self-guided walking tour peppered with quotes from Mandela (stop at the Visitor Centre at the Donkin Reserve and ask either for the booklet, or engage a guide to walk with you). The 67 artworks are inspired by Mandela’s life and rep- resent his 67 years of public life. It’s not difficult to do either, as the local Eastern Cape artworks all lie within 67 giant steps, between the Campanile in and the Great Flag in the Donkin Reserve. Really worth doing.

• Nelson Mandela Museum its name from King George VI Art • Nelson Mandela Youth and Gallery in favour of Madiba in 2002 Heritage Centre Where? Bhunga Building, Mthatha as a tribute to him. It deserves a visit for the rich display of South African What most people don’t know about Where? Qunu art, and specialisation in Eastern Cape the Nelson Mandela Museum is Province art. Its three exhibition halls Only a few hundred metres from that it’s in three parts – the Bhunga are re-hung throughout the year with Mandela’s house in Qunu, the Nelson Building (the heart of the museum rotating collections and special exhi- Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre where you can follow self-guided bitions. They’re closed over weekends is on the ruins of his primary school. activities) in Mthatha, the museum in and on public holidays. Route 67 ends Donations are welcome, although Qunu, and the open-air museum in at the art museum. there is no visitors fee. Organise a visit Mvezo (where Madiba was born and through the museum in Qunu. only the museum can arrange with the chief of the area for a visit to Mvezo). A visit can include Madiba’s primary school, the pastures where he was a shepherd, his original home in Qunu and hikes in the surrounding areas (there are five tour options). Contact the museum directly before visiting.

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• Nelson Mandela CREATE YOUR OWN TRAVEL PLANNER (page 16) Metropolitan Art Museum □□ The Voting Line Sculpture Where? St George’s Park, Port □□ Mandela Statue Elizabeth □□ Sharpville □□ Nelson Mandela Square While Mandela has no direct con- □□ Newlands Stadium nection with the Nelson Mandela □□ Pollsmoor Prison Metropolitan Art Museum, it changed □□ Robben Island

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SITES FOR THE MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS

• Fort Hare University

Where? Alice The university doesn’t have any tribute museum within its grounds to warrant a visit for Mandela fans, but for hard- core enthusiasts a drive-by is not out of the question. Mandela enrolled at what was then the University College of Fort Hare in 1939, considered one of the most reputable universities on the African continent, and it was here he met Oliver Tambo with whom he would later set up legal offices in Johannesburg.

• Qunu Until I was jailed, I never fully appreciated the capacity If you’re a Mandela fan, then rural Qunu is a pilgrimage of sorts. This is of memory, the endless string of information where Mandela grew up, he attended the head can carry school here, and he’s buried near here (his inkaba, or umbilical cord, is buried near Mvezo in accordance with Xhosa tradition). If you’ve read ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ then the place will have come to life for you. You’ll be able to see a few basic exhibits at the Nelson Mandela Youth & Heritage Centre, but you’re advised to hire a local guide who can take you to the remains of his school, the church in which he was baptised and the hills where he was a herder.

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6 THE MANDELA ROUTE GAUTENG NELSON MANDELA’S YEARS OF The history behind the places of interest POLITICAL ACTIVISM •01 The must-see sites in Gauteng

•02 Additional sites of interest, if you have the time

•03 Sites for the Mandela enthusiast

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACES The prolonged periods in detention On his return he was arrested in the OF INTEREST IN THIS PROVINCE worked against the government for now famous police roadblock outside relationships amongst the defendants Howick on the 5 August 1962. The Nelson Mandela left the slow, tradi- were both strengthened and solidified police later raided Liliesleaf, a secret tional countryside in which he had in prison. ANC hideout in Rivonia, Johannesburg, grown up for Johannesburg where he and arrested several ANC members. was exposed to racism in its full glory. During the trials Oliver Tambo left the country and was exiled. The saw Mandela face Here he became politically active the death penalty. Mandela’s famous almost immediately, joining the ANC And Mandela married Winnie speech from the Dock included the (African National Congress) in 1944. Madikizela in 1958 during the trial. following quote: He was instrumental in forming the The country’s first state of emergency ANC Youth League (ANCYL). In the and the banning of the ANC same year he joined the ANC he was and PAC (Pan Africanist to marry the prominent ’s Congress) followed the sense- “I have fought against white domination, and cousin, and quickly rose less killing of 69 in Sharpeville I have fought against black domination. I through the ranks of the ANCYL. following a protest against have cherished the ideal of a democratic and pass laws in 1960. He was charged and sentenced to nine free society in which all persons live together in months of hard labour for his role in a At the All-in Africa harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an campaign of civil disobedience against Conference held in ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. six unjust laws, suspended for two years. Pietermaritzburg just before But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am At the end of 1952, he was banned for the end of the Treason Trial, the first time and became a restricted it was decided to write to prepared to die.” person. Prime Minister Verwoerd to request a national con- Because of this he could only watch vention on a non-racial on the sidelines with the ANC adopted constitution. A warning of a the (“The People country-wide strike accom- Shall Govern!”) in 1955 in Kliptown. panied the request. Interestingly a two-year diploma in Mandela, once acquitted, went law, together with his BA, allowed underground to organise the Mandela to practise law as a human- strike later called off in the rights lawyer. He and Oliver Tambo face of a massive state security set up the first black law firm in the mobilisation. country – Mandela & Tambo. The ANC was banned and aban- The marathon Treason Trial took place doned its former non-violent stance, in 1956 after Mandela together with proposing an armed struggle. In 1961 another 155 people, of all races, were Mandela helped establish Umkhonto arrested in a country-wide raid and weSizwe (Spear of the Nation), which accused of treason. This number was detonated a series of explosions in Mandela and seven others were later reduced to 92. 1961. convicted and sentenced to life impris- The Treason Trial dragged on until Mandela now secretly left the country, onment. All, other than Goldberg who 1961 when not one of the final 27 travelling Africa and England enlisting was white and thus went to defendants, including Mandela, was support for the armed struggle. Prison, were sent to Robben Island. found guilty.

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MUST-SEE SITES IN GAUTENG

• Apartheid Museum

Where? Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Roads, Ormonde, Johannesburg An absolute must-do if you know little about South Africa’s history. The • Chancellor House and the Mlangeni, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Apartheid Museum navigates the rise Kathrada, Elias Motsoaledi, Raymond and fall of South Africa’s era of forced Shadow Boxer Mhlaba and , were segregation using a broad range of Where? opposite the Johannesburg sentenced to life in prison (Mandela media, giving an in-depth insight into Magistrates Court had been arrested at Howick the year the architecture of the apartheid Chancellor House is where Mandela before and already sentenced to five system, and inspiring stories of the and Oliver Tambo set up the first years in prison; he was brought from struggle for democracy. This is the black law firm in the country back in Robben Island to stand accused). backdrop to Nelson Mandela’s life. 1952. Today the building is closed but When you visit watch the video on the • Constitution Hill there’s plenty of historical informa- ‘great escape’ first and then browse tion posted on its outside, and across the various buildings filled with his- Where? 11 Kotze Road, from Chancellor House is the Shadow tory. It combines well with a visit to Braamfontein, Johannesburg Boxer, a six metre-high painted mild and the Apartheid Museum. steel sculpture inspired by the Drum This is without doubt a must-visit Photographer bob Gosani of Mandela historical site, not least for the inspi- • Mandela statue as a young, amateur boxer (he trained rational exhibitions split over four as an amateur boxer in the 1950s), and Where? Parliament Square, Union locations – the Old Fort, Number Four constructed by South African artist Buildings, Pretoria Jail, the Women’s Jail and the Awaiting Marco Cianfanelli. The bow-shaped , Trial Block (now virtually replaced by designed by Sir Herbert Baker and the Constitutional Court). The facts once an icon of the apartheid era, are brutal, but they offer a necessary • Liliesleaf Farm now form the backdrop for 3.5 ton, understanding of the historical and Where? 7 George Avenue, Rivonia nine-metre-high bronze statue of legal developments of the apartheid It was at this ‘farm’ that the high Nelson Mandela unveiled in 2013, era. Nelson Mandela is one of several command of his arms outstretched in an embrace high-profile political activists were arrested in 1963 for planning of the nation. It was at the Union (inclu­ding Gandhi) held here. to overthrow the apartheid govern- Buildings that Mandela was inau- Tours are about an hour long and ment, resulting in the Rivonia Trial at gurated in 1994, and since then cover Number Four Jail and the which eight accused, including Nelson the buildings have been declared a Constitutional Court. Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Andrew national heritage site.

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“I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match. Boxing is egalitarian. In the ring, rank, age, colour and wealth are irrelevant. When you are circling your opponent, probing his strengths and weaknesses, you are not thinking of his colour or social status”

• National Heritage Monument statues – The Long Walk to Freedom

Where? Cradle of Humankind, Magaliesberg See the life-size bronze statues at the Cradle of Humankind in Gauteng. Of the four in the fore- front of the tableau is Nelson Mandela with his closed-fisted hand punching the air. The other three are Albertina and Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo, the longest serving president of the ANC. Started in 2010 this monument – a relay race with the heroes passing the freedom baton from one leader to another’ will eventu- ally accommodate 500 statues.

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ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST – IF YOU HAVE THE TIME

• Nelson Mandela Bridge

Where? Johannesburg This elegant tribute bridge is the largest cable- stayed bridge in southern Africa, spanning 295 metres, and Johannesburg lights it up in style at night (except for the annual Earth Hour when it’s in total darkness). It links new and old Johannesburg across 42 railway lines of Braamfontein and was designed with the intent of rejuvenating downtown Johannesburg. It was opened by Nelson Mandela in 2003, and the bridge symbolises his bridging the apart- heid divide and uniting South African society. • The Shadow Boxer Mural

Where? Maboneng, corner of Staib and Beacon streets Painted by Ricky Lee Gordon and commis- sioned by the Maboneng precinct as a gift to the city in honour of Madiba, this 40 feet high mural depicts Mandela as the young amateur

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Nelson Mandela Square Sharpville Human Rights Precinct boxer he was in his spare time during Cianfanelli (the same artist asked – Sakhumzi Restaurant – which serves the 1950s. You can catch a glimpse of to design the striking piece for the up samp and beans, tripe and steamed it on the M2 going east, and on Joe Capture Site in Howick). bread amongst its offerings. Slovo Drive, if you stretch to see over the shorter buildings. It was painted in • Mandela House Museum • Sharpeville Human Rights four days, just after Mandela’s death. Precinct Where? 8115 Vilakazi Street, Soweto • Nelson Mandela Square Vilakazi Street is the only street in Where? just outside Vereeniging the world that housed two Nobel 14 km outside of Vereeniging there’s Where? , Johannesburg Peace Prize winners – a memorial for those who died in Right in the heart of the square you’ll also lived here. The house in which the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre. A find a bronze six metre high statue of Mandela lived with his family, on the group of unarmed people protesting Nelson Mandela. Other than that it’s corner of Ngakane Street, has been the dompas (pass laws forcing black a mall, a big mall filled with around carefully restored. Known also as ‘the people to carry passbooks when out- 400 shops and good, if expensive, tiny house’, number 8115 is where side their ‘homelands’) were fired ­ restaurants. So, besides a photo both Mandela’s former wives lived into by police killing 69 of them. alongside the legs of Madiba of the (first Evelyn Mase, and second wife, Sharpeville Day is the same day as statue said to be the first public statue Winnie Madikizela), although he spent Human Rights Day in South Africa. of Mandela in the country, you’d be most of the time on the run and away The memorial was opened in 2001 forgiven for giving this one a skip. from home before his imprisonment by Mandela. in 1962. Most Soweto Tours, includ- • Magistrates Court ing the hop-on-hop-off open-top bus • Palace of Justice tours (we recommend a 1-day city Where? 225 Market Street, tour & Soweto combo), stop at Vilakazi Where? Church Square, Pretoria Johannesburg Street. Also here is believed to be one The place where Mandela was sen- Both Mandela and Gandhi were to of Mandela’s favourite food spots tenced after The Rivonia appear in Johannesburg’s Trial (easily the most Magistrates Court, famous trial in South admittedly half a century Africa’s history), the apart. Oliver Tambo and beautiful Palace of Nelson Mandela, who Justice is the north- set up office just across ern facade of Church from the Magistrates Square, Pretoria. Whilst Court, defended many there look out for cases here. Between the The Old Raadsaal Chancellor House and and the General Post the Magistrate’s Court Office – all of these is the Shadow Boxer buildings display the statue by artist Marco city’s beautiful historical architecture. Mandela House Museum

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• Nelson Mandela Centre • Mandela’s first home in 03 of Memory Johannesburg

SITES FOR THE MANDELA Where? 4th Avenue, Houghton Where? 7th Avenue, Alexandra ENTHUSIASTS This little museum and archive is run Probably the most famous landmark by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in the township of Alex, this one room • Mandela statue a stone’s throw from his residence rented house was the 23-year-old in Houghton where he lived after he Mandela’s first home in Jo’burg. Visit Where? Hammanskraal retired from the presidency. The exhib- the house, some of the surrounding You’ll find this statue just outside of its at the Centre of Memory include area and the Nelson Mandela Pretoria, a life-size memorial of Nelson personal items like his diaries and Nobel Yard Interpretation Centre (which Mandela. It’s claim to fame is that Peace prize. But by appointment only. awaits completion after years in it was the first life-size memorial of You can book your spot online. development) across the road Madiba, unveiled in honour of those with a guide. who sacrificed their lives for a new • Dr Xuma’s house (now the South Africa. Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural Museum) • The Saxon Hotel You might also be interested Where? 73 Toby St, Sophiatown, in ACCOMMODATION Where? Sandhurst Johannesburg Mandela spent six months here editing ANC President, Dr AB Xuma, was to • Johannesburg Hotels his book A Long Walk To Freedom. host Mandela at his house, which Back then it was home of Douw Steyn, Mandela apparently described as • Gauteng Hotels who founded Auto & General and BGL, ‘grand’, whilst he was in the ANC • South Africa Hotels an insurance group, in South Africa – Youth League. The seventh President- he and Mandela had been introduced General of the ANC. Xuma’s house is by members of the ANC. Later Steyn one of only two to have escaped the converted his private residence into mass demolition that destroyed the the Saxon Hotel. He also built a house vibrant neighbourhood under the Hammanskraal in the Waterberg for Mandela. Group Areas Act of 1955. You can visit it as part of a tour to Sophiatown. • The Old Synagogue • Mandela’s residence in Where? Paul Kruger Street, Pretoria Houghton Converted into a court of law, the Old Synagogue was where Nelson Where? 9 12th Avenue, Houghton Mandela’s treason trial was held here Mandela moved to 9 12th Avenue, between 1958 and 1961, after he was with his third wife, captured in Howick. Graca Machel, in 1998 and lived here • Nelson Mandela until his death. Foundation

Where? 107 Central Street, Houghton The institution dedicated to the legacy of Mandela operates from Madiba’s post-presidential office, where he based his charitable works from the end of his term as president until he retired from public service in 2004. His post-presidential office remains intact, exactly as he left it. Mandela’s first home Old Synagogue

11 THE MANDELA ROUTE THE WESTERN CAPE NELSON MANDELA’S YEARS IN PRISON The history behind the places of interest

•01 The must-see sites in the Western Cape

•02 Additional sites of interest, if you have the time

•03 Sites for the Mandela enthusiast

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE PLACES OF INTEREST IN THIS PROVINCE Mandela was to spend 27 years in prison, 18 of these on Robben Island, Cape Town. Not even when his mother and eldest son died was he allowed to leave to attend funerals. He was finally transferred to Pollsmoor Prison, and then to Victor Verster prison (now known as Groot Drakenstein Prison) before his release in February 1990, just nine days after the ANC and the PAC were unbanned. During his imprisonment he rejected “Prison – far from breaking our spirits – made us more determined at least three conditional offers of to continue with this battle until victory was won.” release. In 1991 Mandela was elected ANC 01 President to replace Oliver Tambo and in 1994 he and President FW de Klerk MUST-SEE SITES IN THE WESTERN • Robben Island jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize. CAPE He voted for the first time in his life Where? Off the coast of Cape Town in 1994 and was inaugurated as the • City Hall and the Grand Arrested in 1962 and sentenced to country’s first democratically elected Parade life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, President. Mandela spent 18 years of his prison Mandela would only remain in office Where? City Centre, Cape Town sentence on Robben Island, offshore for one term. Cape Town’s City Hall is a grand Italian of the V&A Waterfront. Now a major Renaissance sandstone building built tourist attraction, the island has “In my country we go to prison first in 1905. Beautiful architecture aside, it served as a place for banishment – a and then become president.” was here on the balcony that Mandela leper colony, animal quarantine addressed thousands of people who station and prison for political activ- flocked onto Grand Parade to see and ists. Today former prisoners serve as hear him when he was freed from tour guides. You can read all about prison on 11 February 1990 (there’s a Mandela’s account of Robben Island in delightful story about how he didn’t his book Long Walk to Freedom, but have his glasses and had to borrow , who served 26 years some to complete his speech). A along with Mandela said the hardest new life-size bronze statue by artists thing for him was “the lack of children Xhanti Mpakama and Barry Jackson of [on the island]... it was the worst dep- Mandela was placed on this balcony rivation, absence of children.” exactly where he stood in July 2018.

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• Nelson Mandela Gateway Museum

Where? Waterfront If you don’t have time to visit Robben Island, at least head to the museum driving into Cape Town on the Nelson Back then it was called the Victor complex from which the tours depart. Mandela Boulevard. Joined in 2017 Verster Prison, now it’s politically cor- The museum’s focus is the struggle by a similar portrait of Tutu, the two rectly called a ‘correctional centre’. It for equality and is worth a visit in its watch over Cape Town. lies in the Dwars River valley between own right. Paarl and Franschhoek and the house • Houses of Parliament where he lived is now a national herit- • Nobel Square age site. Just outside the prison gates Where? Company’s Gardens is a statue of Mandela. Where? V&A Waterfront The president’s office, , and Have your photo taken with the the houses of parliament are where • St George’s Cathedral slightly stocky version of Nelson Mandela routinely appeared during Mandela and Desmond Tutu at Nobel his time as president (1994 – 1999). Where? Wale Street, Cape Town Square at the V&A Waterfront. This It was here too that laws of apartheid The oldest cathedral in Southern little square on the edge of the water were legalised. You can buy tickets to Africa, the sandstone St George’s pays tribute to the four Nobel Peace the public gallery during parliamen- Cathedral is nothing short of mag- Prize winners – Desmond Tutu, Nelson tary sessions (Jan – June) and there nificent. It stands on the edge of Mandela, Nkosi Albert Luthuli and FW are guided tours of the houses of Company’s Gardens its stained glass de Klerk. The larger-than-life statues parliament during the week. Elegant windows a tribute to all people of are by artist Claudette Schreuders. The Tuynhuys is the president’s home all races, its doors open to all, even other statue is Peace and Democracy when in Cape town, but also where during apartheid. It was here that a by Noria Mahasa, a tribute to the PW Botha and Mandela first met after memorial service was held for Madiba women and children of the struggle. his years on Robben Island. upon his death in 2013 at 95 years of age. The bells were to toll with 95 • Drakenstein Prison hand and backstroke gongs. 02 Where? on the R301, Franschhoek ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST – Mandela spent the last 14 months of IF YOU HAVE THE TIME his 27 year prison sentence in a private house inside this low-security facility. • Giant billboard of Mandela

Where? Civic Centre A vibrant portrait of Mandela in his colourful shirt dominates the east-facing window wall of the . It’s best angle is

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1902. Known as Rhodes House, • Newlands Stadium Nicky Oppenheimer then gifted the 03 building for the use by the Mandela Where? 8 Boundary Road, Newlands Rhodes Foundation (a partnership SITES FOR THE MANDELA South Africa hosted the 1995 Rugby set up between Nelson Mandela and ENTHUSIASTS World Cup and went on to win the the Rhodes Trust and it was renamed cup. The famous moment that won Mandela Rhodes Building. Pop inside • St Mary’s Cathedral the hearts of the world was when and you will find an over-lifesize Francois Pienaar, the team captain, chicken wire sculpture of Mandela, Where? 16 Roeland Street, CBD posed alongside Mandela with the and just outside the building is a piece trophy in both their hands. The Mandela gave a profound speech of the Berlin Wall, gifted to Mandela movie, , starring Matt Damon at this church during Helen Joseph’s Invictus on a visit to Germany in 1996. as Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as funeral in 1993. It’s also a beautiful Mandela immortalised the moment. building, designed by Sir Herbert Baker • Pollsmoor Prison and Frank Fleming. The church was • Mandela Memorial Square active in the resistance against racial Where? Steenberg Road, Tokai discrimination during apartheid. You won’t be able to visit the maxi- Where? Plein Street, Stellenbosch mum security Pollsmoor, but you can • Tutu’s house – Bishopscourt There’s a laser-cut steel silhouette of drive past it on your way to the Tokai Mandela’s face right in front of the residence of Anglican forest or to visit one of the wine farms Town Hall and Council Chambers in archbishop on the Constantia Wine Route. The Stellenbosch. Designed by local artist prison is surrounded by some of the Strijdom van der Merwe in October Where? 20 Bishopscourt Drive country’s oldest wine farms in the 2013. The sides of his face shows a Every Mandela fundi knows of the middle of an upmarket suburb of Cape map of eastern South Africa, highlight- friendship between Madiba and Town. Mandela was sent here after ing important places in Mandela’s life, the Arch (Desmond Tutu served as 18 years on Robben Island. He’s been like Qunu, Rivonia and Johannesburg. Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 quoted as saying that the prison had a Embedded in granite are the words: “modern face, but a primitive heart.” until 1996 when he was given the “Never, never and never again shall it honorary title of archbishop emer- • Kirstenbosch Botanical be that this beautiful land will again itus). Bishops Court is the home of experience the oppression of one by the Anglican Bishop of Cape Town. Gardens another.” Mandela spent his first night of free- dom after his release from prison in Where? off Rhodes Drive, Newlands 1990 in the Bishopscourt Estate with There’s a head and shoulders sculp- Tutu. He gave his first press confer- ture of Mandela in the gardens and ence from its garden. He later had a yellow strelitzia was renamed a house in Bishopscourt for his use ‘Mandela’s Gold’ in honour of a visit when in Cape Town. Mandela paid to the gardens. • Mandela Rhodes Building

Where? corner of St George’s Mall & Wale Street This historical building was originally built for De Beers by Cecil John Rhodes and designed by Herbert Baker in

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14 THE MANDELA ROUTE REST OF THE COUNTRY ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST While the majority of the must- see sites on the Mandela Route fall in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng or Western Cape, there are a few notable exceptions. IN KWAZULU NATAL • Nelson Mandela Capture Site

Where? Howick, Natal Midlands The Capture Site has captured the imagination of the world. It’s a must-do for any visitor to Durban or the Midlands. The Capture Site marks Nobel Peace prizes and both served the spot of Mandela’s arrest on 5 Nelson Mandela cast his vote in the as presidents of the ANC. Both advo- August 1962. You’ll start in a little country’s first democratic elections. cated non-violence, reconciliation and museum that gives details of how this Take a guided tour. The route is not a nation-building, even when things in happened on the R103 road, 5 km signposted cohesive route, but a series South Africa were at their most hos- outside of Howick. At the time he was of sites linked on a theme. You’ll need tile. The Albert Luthuli Museum is also disguised as David Motsamayi - his the guide. on the Inanda Heritage Route. name on his Ethiopian passport issued so that he could travel to muster • Ohlange Institute “I waited for over seventy years to cast support for Umkhonto we Sizwe my first vote. I chose to do it near the Where? Inanda Township, outside of (Mandela had gone underground grave of John Dube, the first President Durban since June 1961, hiding in different of the ANC.” places around the country). After the Inanda, where the Ohlange Institute museum, follow the fairly long walk is based, is regarded by many as the IN to the impressive sculpture that is a ‘cradle of democracy in South Africa’. monument to Mandela. The work, by It is where John Dube (founder of the • Shambala retreat, now Marco Cianfanelli, consists of 50 steel South African Native National Council, Zulu Camp columns between 6 and 10 metres the precursor to the ANC) was born, high, arranged next to one another in and where Mandela cast the coun- Where? Waterberg an apparently random collection until try’s first democratic vote in 1994. It Douw Steyn, who hosted Mandela at you get 35 metres away and his profile is also believed to have more history what is today the Saxon Hotel where appears. per square centimetre than anywhere Mandela edited his ‘Long Walk to else in South Africa (Gandhi lived but Freedom’, also built a private escape • Inanda Heritage Route a few streets away and the two men for Mandela and his third wife, Graça met several times). See the Ohlange Machel, on his private game farm on Where? Inanda Township, outside of Institute as part of the Inanda Heritage the edge of the Sterkstroom River. Durban Route, with a guide. Today it is a nine-chalet safari camp. Inanda is a generous, green valley IN just outside Durban. It’s also known • Albert Luthuli Museum as the Freedom Valley as it’s where Where? Stanger • Naval Hill the seeds of the country’s liberation The links between Albert Luthuli were sown. Inanda is where Gandhi Where? Bloemfontein built his Phoenix settlement, it is the and Nelson Mandela are numerous. Mandela is seen as Luthuli’s protégé, Up on the top of Naval Hill, overlook- spiritual home of the Shembe religion, ing the city of Bloemfontein, is the it is the birthplace of John Dube – the they were both considered outstand- ing leaders of their time, both received biggest statue of Mandela in the coun- ANC’s first president – and it is where try, at eight metres. 15 THE MANDELA ROUTE YOUR TRAVEL PLANNER PERSONALISE YOUR TRIP

MUST-SEE SITES IN THE EASTERN CAPE 4 ACCOMMODATION 11 □□ The Voting Line Sculpture 4 □□ Route 67 5 □□ Nelson Mandela Museum 5 ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST 5 MUST-SEE SITES IN THE WESTERN CAPE 12 □□ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum 5 □□ Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre 5 □□ City Hall and the Grand Parade 12 □ Robben Island 12 SITES FOR THE MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS 6 □ □□ Nelson Mandela Gateway Museum 13 □□ Fort Hare University 6 □□ Nobel Square 13 □□ Qunu 6 ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST 13 ACCOMMODATION 6 □□ Giant billboard of Mandela 13 □□ Houses of Parliament 13 □□ Drakenstein Prison 13 □□ St George’s Cathedral 13 MUST-SEE SITES IN GAUTENG 8 SITES FOR THE MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS 14 □□ Apartheid Museum 8 □□ St Mary’s Cathedral 14 □□ Constitution Hill 8 □□ Tutu’s house – Bishopscourt residence of Anglican archbishop 14 □□ Chancellor House and the Shadow Boxer 8 □□ Mandela Rhodes Building 14 □□ Liliesleaf Farm 8 □□ Pollsmoor Prison 14 □□ Mandela statue 8 □□ Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 14 □□ National Heritage Monument statues – The Long Walk to Freedom 9 □□ Newlands Stadium 14 □ Mandela Memorial Square 14 ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST 9 □ ACCOMMODATION 14 □□ Nelson Mandela Bridge 9 □□ The Shadow Boxer Mural 9 □□ Nelson Mandela Square 10 □□ Magistrates Court 10 □□ Mandela House Museum 10 SITES IN REST OF COUNTRY 15 □□ Sharpeville Human Rights Precinct 10 □□ Palace of Justice 10 □□ Nelson Mandela Capture Site 15 □ Inanda Heritage Route 15 SITES FOR THE MANDELA ENTHUSIASTS 11 □ □□ Ohlange Institute 15 □□ Mandela statue 11 □□ Albert Luthuli Museum 15 □□ The Saxon Hotel 11 □□ Shambala retreat, now Zulu Camp 15 □□ The Old Synagogue 11 □□ Naval Hill 15 □□ Nelson Mandela Foundation 11 ACCOMMODATION □□ Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory 11 □□ Dr Xuma’s house (now the Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural Museum) 11 □□ Mandela’s residence in Houghton 11 □□ Mandela’s first home in Johannesburg 11 16 THE MANDELA ROUTE

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