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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/; born Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]); 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
A Xhosa born to the Thembu royal family, Mandela attended Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Living in Johannesburg, he became involved in anti-colonial politics, joining the ANC and becoming a founding member of its Youth League. After the Afrikaner minority government of the National Party established apartheid – a system of racial segregation that privileged whites – in 1948, he rose to prominence in the ANC's 1952 anti-apartheid Defiance Campaign, was appointed superintendent of the organisation's Transvaal chapter and presided over the 1955 Congress of the People. Working as a lawyer, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and, with the ANC leadership, was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the Treason Trial from 1956 to 1961. Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961, leading a sabotage campaign against the government. In 1962, he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.
10 Feb 1990 - FW de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela
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F.W. De Klerk's talk at the Oxford Union titled 'The new South Africa after twenty years' President of South Africa who, together with Nelson Mandela, helped to end apartheid. Nobel Peace Prize winner. STAY CONNECTED: •Oxford Union on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoxfordunion •Oxford Union on Twitter: @OxfordUnion •Website: http://www.oxford-union.org/ ABOUT F.W. DE KLERK: Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936), was the seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. De Klerk was also leader of the National Party (which later became the New National Party) from February 1989 to September 1997. De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and supported the transformation of South...
An extract from the Q&A; segment of F.W. De Klerk's talk at the Oxford Union titled 'The new South Africa after twenty years' President of South Africa who, together with Nelson Mandela, helped to end apartheid. Nobel Peace Prize winner. STAY CONNECTED: •Oxford Union on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoxfordunion •Oxford Union on Twitter: @OxfordUnion •Website: http://www.oxford-union.org/ ABOUT F.W. DE KLERK: Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936), was the seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. De Klerk was also leader of the National Party (which later became the New National Party) from February 1989 to September 1997. De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and su...
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This short documentary is taken from our feature length documentary "The Other Man" about the political legacy of F.W. de Klerk, South Africa's last white president. Directed and Produced and Written by Nicolas Rossier Co-produced with Naashon Zalk Media and DCTV Camera Naashon Zalk Edited by Cameron Clendaniel Producers Naashon Zalk and Tami Woronoff Executive Producers: Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Other-Man-FW-de-Klerk-and-the-End-of-Apartheid-a-documentary/1453186474939600 More on www.deklerkthefilm.com Contact us at info@barakaproductions.com On 2 February 1990, South African President F. W. de Klerk delivered a speech at the opening of the 1990 session of the Parliament of South Africa. He announced sweeping reforms that marked...
Former South African president F.W. de Klerk discusses his history and friendship with onetime rival Nelson Mandela.
On 21 December 1993 President FW de Klerk held a press conference in which he challenged ANC President Nelson Mandela to a pre-election debate on television and radio. "The Great Debate" as media framed it was set for 14 April 1994 and it was seen as a showdown between South Africa's two political heavy weights.
An interview with former South Africa President F.W. de Klerk in June 2013 with high school students from Mount Madonna School in California. Interview filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. Part of the Values in World Thought Program at Mount Madonna School. Filmed by Devin Kumar, Olorin Etemad-Lehmer, Ashley Mayou. Edited by Devin Kumar. www.devinkumar.com Produced by Ward Mailliard and Mount Madonna School. For more info on the program visit: www.mountmadonnaschool.org/values
INTERVIEW: On the occasion of the 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Andrea Sanke’s guest is F.W. de Klerk, the last president of apartheid-era South Africa.
FW de Klerk remembers the day in parliament he put South Africa on a new course and reveals what gave him the courage to do so. Shot at his home and with footage from his portrait photo shoot with Adrian Steirn in the Franschhoek Pass in the Western Cape, it portrays a side of De Klerk not seen before. Icon portraits, short films and profiles: http://www.21icons.com/ 21 Icons YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/21Icons/videos Like 21 Icons on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/21Icons Follow 21 Icons on Twitter: https://twitter.com/21Icons
In 1990, Nelson Mandela visited the U.S. for the first time after being freed from 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. During Mandela's visit he also conducted his first interview with Ted Koppel of ABC News. Koppel was then known as one of the toughest and most feared TV reporters and interviewers in America. His ABC news show, "Nightline", was one of the top rated late night programs on television. The interview turned out to be an openly biased attempt to assassinate Nelson Mandela's character, credibility, and cause. With the bulk of Koppel's preselected questioners being either conservative Republican plants, apartheid sympathizers, opponents of Mandela's African National Congress party (ANC), and/or known members of the white supremacists Apartheid regime. Due to the wisdom an...
In 1990, Nelson Mandela visited the U.S. for the first time after being freed from 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. During Mandela's visit he also conducted his first interview with Ted Koppel of ABC News. Koppel was then known as one of the toughest and most feared TV reporters and interviewers in America. His ABC news show, "Nightline", was one of the top rated late night programs on television. The interview turned out to be an openly biased attempt to assassinate Nelson Mandela's character, credibility, and cause. With the bulk of Koppel's preselected questioners being either conservative Republican plants, apartheid sympathizers, opponents of Mandela's African National Congress party (ANC), and/or known members of the white supremacists Apartheid regime. Due to the wisdom an...
Nelson Mandela met me in 1994 in the Presidential Palace in Pretoria for an exclusive interview. Subscribe for more amazing interviews: http://bit.ly/1kuYihq
"This Week" looks back at Ted Koppel's historic interview with Nelson Mandela, days after his release from prison in Feb. 1990.
Editor's note: We, along with the rest of the world, were deeply saddened to learn of Nelson Mandela's passing. Read Oprah's statement - http://www.oprah.com/oprahdotcom/Official-Statement-Oprah-Remembers-Nelson-Mandela The following is from his appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2000. Watch the full episode on OWN this Sunday, December 8, at 8/7c. After being imprisoned for nearly three decades, Nelson Mandela became a man of mythical proportions to many in South Africa and around the world. While the anti-apartheid activist's colleagues used that power to draw attention to their cause, Mandela says he immediately set out to destroy his "semigod" image upon his release. In this clip from The Oprah Winfrey Show, he explains how he wanted to be known. Find OWN on TV at http://www.opr...
21 May, 1961 Nelson Mandela, already a leading figure in resistance to apartheid, was asked by ITN's Brian Widlake, for his views about the campaign to secure the franchise for South Africa's black population. It is part of a longer ITN Roving Report news programme about Apartheid.
Ted Koppel, first to interview Mandela after his release from prison, asked an unexpected question.
For more: http://to.pbs.org/1bk5TKp In 1990, NewsHour Anchor Robert MacNeil interviewed Nelson Mandela.
An interview with Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela and their daughter Zindzi. Winnie, 76, was married to Nelson Mandela, 94, for nearly 40 years, and claims to know him better than anyone else. "Nobody knows him better than I do," she said. "It is extremely painful to see him going through what he is going through now." During the interview, she was sitting next to their daughter Zindzi Mandela and both say they are offended at claims the former South African president's family have considered asking doctors to end his life. "It is nonsense to suggest we needed to take a decision," said Winnie. Zindzi added: "He is deciding what is happening with himself. "It is between him and his maker, it has nothing to do with us whatsoever." The mother and daughter also commented on a phot...