Mandela In South Africa

Mandela’s achievements were very plentiful indeed, his biggest category being politics. What wonders most people is how Mandela, a black man stuck in the tangled web of apartheid of South Africa, came to achieve so many things. A very established man as Mandela could have done anything during his time. For example, the struggles of apartheid wreaked havoc though South Africa and in turn Mandela never steered away from his dream of South Africa becoming a democracy. He reunited a country that could’ve destroyed itself from the inside out. Mandela’s successes were not always without material. In 1993 he won the Nobel Peace Prize and collected over 250 awards as a whole. However, courage does not exceed sacrifice. Mandela was placed in prison, on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison, for a total of 27 years. Through this time, though, the many people Mandela had influenced lobbied for his release. Soon after his release from prison he partnered with President of South Africa at the time, F.W. de Klerk, and rid South Africa of the bane named apartheid and also established multiracial elections. This partnership ultimately led Mandela to a position in which he could alter the image of South Africa into one people around the world could marvel at, President. During his very eventful years as president, Mandela was able to recruit members from different political parties, which formed a cabinet, to render a new constitution. Mandela was also a very prominent activist in people’s rights and went on to create the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which recognized and, reviewed past and present human rights abuses. His other enacted policies included measures to boost land reform, reduce poverty, and broa...

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...World Cup they had beaten New Zealand in a fantastic final. Mandela then presented the championship trophy to the captain of The Springboks. This scene was observed to be a big step in reconciliation of white and black South Africans. Mandela also oversaw the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Thus commission had the business of investigating past and present human’s rights abuse cases. Most of these crimes were committed by the ANC under the apartheid rule. Mandela also helped the lessen deaths, of people becoming martyrs, by offering individual pardons to individuals who confessed to crimes such as torture, rape, bombings, and assignations committed during the reign of apartheid. Mandela praise for the commission was very sincere. Mandela stated that “it has helped us move away from the past so we can concentrate on the present and the future”.