GAUTENG @NelsonMandela Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory of Centre Mandela Nelson 08 16 05 10 12 15 Chancellor Nelson Mandela House Square www.southafrica.net | www.nelsonmandela.org The Nelson Mandela Memory of Centre Foundation’s Mandela Nelson the and Mandela House Liliesleaf Constitution Foundation’s Centre Museum Hill Tourism African South between effort joint a is initiative This of Memory 09 17 Hector Pieterson Sharpeville Human Museum Rights Precinct 06 11 13 07 14 18 Nelson Mandela Vilakazi Street Kliptown Apartheid Alexandra Nelson Mandela Statue at the Open-Air Museum Museum Heritage Precinct Bridge Union Buildings 18 JULY 1918 - Born Rolihlahla Mandela at MARCH 21 - Sharpeville Massacre Establishes the Nelson Mandela Children’s Mvezo 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 Qunu 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 Jongintaba Dalindyebo 1961 - Goes underground; Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed 2003 - Donates his prison number 46664 Africa. South 1934 - Undergoes initiation. Attends to a campaign to highlight the HIV/AIDS LIMPOPO Clarkebury Boarding Institute in Engcobo 1962, JANUARY 11 - Leaves the country for epidemic across Mandela Nelson about military training and to garner support for the interest of places experience and 1937 - Attends Healdtown, the Wesleyan ANC Launches the Mandela Rhodes Foundation to College at Fort Beaufort build exceptional leadership capacity in Africa attractions tourist Visit AUGUST 5 - Arrested near Howick in Enrols at the University College of KwaZulu-Natal 1939 - MPUMALANGA MANDELA NELSON OF Fort Hare in Alice DECEMBER 5 - Nelson Mandela Sentenced to five years for GAUTENG FOOTSTEPS THE IN FOLLOW NOVEMBER 7 - passes away at his home in Houghton, 1940 - Expelled incitement and leaving the country without 2013 Johannesburg 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 Robben Island • Johannesburg 1942 - Completes BA through the 1963 JUNE 12 - Is returned to Pretoria Local Prison University of South Africa (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 Rivonia Trial with Walter Sisulu, Denis Goldberg, 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 - Defiance Campaign: Arrested and and Mlangeni and later Kathrada are sent 01 charged for violating the Suppression of to Pollsmoor Prison Bhunga Building Communism Act; elected Transvaal ANC Mthatha 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 EASTERN CAPE Fort Hare Oliver Tambo 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 Freedom Charter 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 Cape Town • Grand Parade trial for treason. All are acquitted by 29 26 March 1961 Parliament 27 APRIL - Votes for this first time in his life 1958 - Divorces Evelyn Mase; 21 IMAGE CREDITS N Nelson Mandela Foundation/Matthew Willman Marries Nomzamo 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 Nobel Square 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, Desmond Tutu and Latitude -34.0684977 Longitude 18.4319704 01 GPS 05 Latitude -26.67038 Longitude 27.88767 Bhunga Building Mandela House 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 Soweto. 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 Two Oceans Aquarium. 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.