Mandela hideaway now a museum
The farm is just half an hour’s drive from the centre of Johannesburg, a site used by the African National Congress from which to launch its armed struggle against the apartheid state. The farm has been restored and opened as a museum. Nelson Mandela came to live here in 1961 when he was on the run. Later the farm was raided by the police, and the ANC’s high command was arrested. Mandela spent the next 27 years in prison after the arrest, much of it on Robben Island. Mandela has received more than one hundred awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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Mandela Is on US Terrorist Watch List
Mandela Is on US Terrorist Watch Lists
Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. The requirement applies to former South African leader Mandela and other members of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC). In 1990, Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison for crimes committed during the struggle against Apartheid, a repressive regime that subjugated black South Africans. In 1994, he was elected South Africa’s first black president. Members of other groups deemed a terrorist threat, such as Hamas and Tamil Tigers, also are on the watch lists.
