Nelson Mandela facts
What year was Nelson Mandela born?
1918
What is the direct translation of "Apartheid"?
Living apart
What colours are the ANC logo?
Black, yellow and green
What year was Nelson Mandela arrested?
1962
What is the biggest city in South Africa?
Johannesburg
What year was apartheid created by the white people
1948
Why was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
He was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the state.
However Mandela served 27 years in prison.
What year did South Africa declare independence?
South Africa declared independence from Britain on May 31, 1961, when it became a republic and cut all formal ties with Great Britain.
However, the majority of South Africans didn't gain true independence until 1994, when the African National Congress (ANC) came to power under Nelson Mandela
What were the separate towns outside the city where black people lived
Townships
What was Nelson Mandela's ethnicity?
Nelson Mandela was Xhosa and a member of the Thembu royal family
What oceans border South Africa?
Atlantic and Indian
What language is spoken in South Africa which is very similar to Dutch and spoken by mostly white people?
Afrikaans
How long was he president of South Africa?
Which European nations colonized South Africa?
South Africa was colonized by the Dutch Netherlands and the UK.
What was year was the first free election in South Africa?
1994