Part 1
Nelson Mandela was on the 18th of July . He was from 1994 to 1999. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the of the African National Congress (ANC). He was the leader of the movement against apartheid. He was and he years in prison, on Robben Island. In February 1990, Mandela was and worked to change South Africa. He the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Part 2
After the 1948 election, Mandela participating in politics. He to stop apartheid. Apartheid that blacks and whites live separately, but the blacks have the same rights.
While Nelson Mandela was in jail on Robben Island, his reputation and he famous as the most important black leader in South Africa. On the island, he had to work hard. Prison conditions very basic. Prisoners were separated by race, and political prisoners had few privileges. Only one visitor and one letter every six months were .

Part 3
Many people all over the world for Mandela's . Many artists or played concerts for his release. A huge concert was in London for his 70th .
On the second of February 1990, State President F.W. de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC and other anti-apartheid organizations, and Mandela was from prison on the 11th of February 1990. Many people all over the world the event.

Part 4
On the 10th of May 1994, Mandela the country's first black . It was the end of apartheid after a long and violent . South Africa the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The Springboks the final against New Zealand. It was also the first World Cup in which the South African national team was to compete.

Part 5
On the 5th of December 2013, South African President Jacob Zuma Nelson Mandela's and declared a week of mourning. He said Mandela passed away peacefully at the age of . Thousands of South Africans a pilgrimage to his house in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton. The streets were full of people. Some flowers or cards. Some just silently and the cards others had .
"Our nation has its greatest son," Mr Zuma said.