Photos: Nelson Mandela sworn in as first black president of South Africa — May 10, 1994
May 9, 2014
A South African woman and her son stand in front of the Soweto Mandela House yard as various activities marking International Mandela Day take place in front of the house turned museum of the late global Icon Nelson Mandela on July 18, 2014 in Johannesburg. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact. Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday). The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7932903 )
Former South Africa's President Nelson Mandela waves, after his arrival for the 6th Annual Mandela Lecture in Soweto, South Africa, Saturday, July 12, 2008. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is a guest speaker for the Annual Mandela Lecture as part of Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ( APTOPIX South Africa Mandela )
A woman walks past a mural with the face of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, July 18, 2014. South Africans marked the late Nelson Mandela's birthday on Friday with charitable acts in honor of the former president, whose death in December prompted a global outpouring of tributes. Organizers had urged people to perform acts of charity for 67 minutes, symbolizing the anti-apartheid leader's 67 years of public service. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) ( South Africa Mandela Birthday )
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, right, looks at pictures in a book, left, after he read to children during celebrations for the late South African President Nelson Mandela’s birthday in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) ( South Africa Mandela Birthday )
A young boy does a cartwheel on a field, as sports and fun events are available, as part of the South African Rugby Union's and the City of Cape Town's contribution to Mandela Day, on July 18, 2014, in Langa, an impoverished area about 20Km from the centre of Cape Town. Mandela Day, celebrated on Nelson Mandela's birthday inspires people to give 67 minutes of their time, helping those less fortunate. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7933101 )
Raindrops on the statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, July 18, 2014. South Africans marked the late Nelson Mandela's birthday on Friday with charitable acts in honor of the former president, whose death in December prompted a global outpouring of tributes. Organizers had urged people to perform acts of charity for 67 minutes, symbolizing the anti-apartheid leader's 67 years of public service. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) ( South Africa Mandela Birthday )
Winnie Madikizela Mandela(C), ex-wife of the late South African President, Nobel Peace prize laureate and Global Icon Nelson Mandela, arrives at the Mandela' family restaurant by his former house now turned museum, to attend activities marking International Mandela Day on July 18, 2014 in Johannesburg. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact. Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday). The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7932943 )
The face of former South African President Nelson Mandela is displayed as people paint during his birthday celebrations in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) ( South Africa Mandela Birthday )
South African youth sit in the Soweto Mandela House yard as various activities marking International Mandela Day take place in front of the house turned museum of the late global Icon Nelson Mandela on July 18, 2014 in Johannesburg. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact. Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday). The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7932892 )
A woman carries a painting portraying the late Nelson Mandela outisde his former house in Soweto as various activities marking International Mandela Day take place in front of the house turned museum of the late global Icon Nelson Mandela on July 18, 2014 in Johannesburg. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact. Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday). The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7932909 )
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu pushes a shopping trolley full of gifts for children as he arrives at a Mandela Day event at the V&A Waterfront on July 18, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. The 18th July is the late South African President, Nelson Mandela's birthday, 2014 is the first year that it is celebrated without him following his death in December 2013. (JENNIFER BRUCE/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7932955 )
South African youth sit in the Soweto Mandela House yard as various activities marking International Mandela Day take place in front of the house turned museum of the late global Icon Nelson Mandela on July 18, 2014 in Johannesburg. Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact. Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday). The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7932881 )
Bryan Habana, wing for the Springbok and Stormers Rugby Teams, and former IRB Payer of the Year, reads a book about the life of Nelson Mandela, to local children, as part of the South African Rugby Union's and the City of Cape Town's contribution to Mandela Day, on July 18, 2014, in Langa, an impoverished area about 20Km from the centre of Cape Town. Mandela Day, celebrated on Nelson Mandela's birthday inspires people to give 67 minutes of their time, helping those less fortunate. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7933095 )
In this May 10, 1994, file photo, Nelson Mandela, left, takes the oath of office in Pretoria, South Africa, to become the country's first black President. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, that Mandela has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/David Brauchli, File) ( South Africa Mandela Snapshots )
President Nelson Mandela dances at a celebration concert following his inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 10, 1994, along with former President F.W. de Klerk. "Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world," Mandela vowed. (AP Photo/John Parkin) ( MANDELA INAUGURATION )
A Praise singer, dressed in native costume and wielding a ceremonial cane, sings praises as Nelson Mandela stands behind him at the starts of the Presidential Inauguration ceremony in Pretoria Tuesday, May 10, 1994. At far is Mr. Mandela's daughter, princess Zenani Dlamini Mandela. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( South Africa Inauguration )
President Nelson Mandela gets a hug from Archbishop Desmond Tutu of Capetown after Mandela was sworn in as president of South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Tuesday, May 10, 1994. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( MANDELA INAUGURATION )
Large crowds of supporters attend the inauguration celebration in a park adjoining the Union Buildings in Central Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 10, 1994 on the occasion of President Nelson Mandela's being sworn in an South Africa's black President. (AP Photo/John Parkin) ( Supporters of Nelson Mandela )
Former South African Foreign Minister Pik Both, left, speaks with Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King’s widow, shortly before the start of Presidential inauguration ceremonies in Pretoria Tuesday, May 10, 1994. Nelson Mandela was later sworn in as South Africa’s first black President. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( Pik Both and Coretta Scott King )
South African Defense Force helicopters carrying the new South African flag fly over Pretoria during the inauguration ceremony for the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, South Africa, May 10, 1994. The inauguration finished with a thunderous cannon salute, warplanes trailing smoke in the national colors of red, white, blue, black, green and gold, and these helicopters carrying the redesigned flag. (AP Photo) ( South Africa Elections 1994 )
Soweto residents celebrate as President-elect Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president at an inauguration ceremonies in Pretoria, May 10, 1994. (AP Photo/Joao Silva) ( South Africa Elections 1994 )
A man blows a tune through a Kudu horn in a park near where President-elect Nelson Mandela will be inaugurated in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 10, 1994. Various visiting heads of state will be in attendance for the formal event, and thousands are expected to be at a follow-up concert in the park at the Government's Union Buildings. (AP Photo/Alain-Pierre Hovasse) ( Mandela's Inauguration in South Africa )
Members of the Moledi family in Soweto, South Africa watch a live broadcast of the inauguration of President-elect Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, May 10, 1994. Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president. (AP Photo/Joao Silva) ( South Africa Elections 1994 )
Nelson Mandela reads the oath of office Tuesday, May, 10, 1994 at the Union Building in Pretoria as he is sworn in as President of South Africa. Mandela is the first black President in the history of the republic. (AP Photo/John Parkin) ( South Africa Inauguration )
U.S. Vice-President Al Gore, his wife Tipper, Rev. Jesse Jackson and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton clap their hands to the beat of the music as they arrive for lunch at the Presidency in Pretoria, Tuesday, May 10, 1994. They had attended the inauguration ceremony for South Africa?s new President Nelson Mandela earlier in the day. (AP Photo) ( Al Gore and Tipper Gore )
July 1993: Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress, waves to well-wishers during a stop at First AME Church in Los Angeles. Daily News file photo
Former South African President Nelson Mandela waves to the media as he arrives outside 10 Downing Street, in central London, 28 August 2007, for a meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mandela is to attend the unveiling Wednesday of a statue in his honour opposite the British parliament. (LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) ( DV220633 )
June 1990: Nelson Mandela salutes the cheering crowd outside L.A. City Hall as an aide to Mayor Tom Bradley shields him from the sun. Daily News file photo
ANC leader Nelson Mandela casts his vote at Ohlanga High School hall in Inanda. 10 miles (15 km) north of Durban on Wednesday, April 27, 1994, for South Africa's first all-race elections. Mandela is strongly favored to become South Africa's first black President after results are announced later that week. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ( South Africa Elections )
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 4: Minister Kimberly Binion (R) and other members of the First AME Church Freedom Mass Choir sing the South African National Anthem in honor of the late former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, whose image appears on the left, during choir rehearsal on December 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. First AME Church of Los Angeles was the site of Nelson Mandela's first visit to Los Angeles after he was freed from prison. The Freedom Mass Choir sang for him then and during later visits to the U.S. Incumbent South African President Jacob Zuma announced earlier today that Mandela has died at the age of 95. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) ( People Around The World React To News Of Nelson Mandela's Death )
In this image from live TV, President of South Africa Jacob Zuma announces the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, to the media Thursday Dec. 5, 2013, from a podium in Pretoria, South Africa. Zuma announced Thursday that former President Nelson Mandela has died aged 95, Zuma says "we've lost our greatest son." (AP Photo/SABC pool) ( APTOPIX South Africa Mandela Obit )
June 1990: Nelson Mandela is greeted by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and other dignitaries as he arrives at LAX. Daily News file photo
President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, about the death of Nelson Mandela. Obama says the world has lost an influential, courageous and 'profoundly good' man with the death of anti-apartheid icon Mandela. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Mandela )
In this photo provided the New Yorker, a painting by Madiba, showing Nelson Mandela that will appear on the cover of the December 16, 2013 New Yorker is shown. Nelson Mandela died on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95. (AP Photo, The New Yorker, Madiba) ( Obit Nelson Mandela )
6/29/90: Mayor Tom Bradley greets Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, upon their arrival at LAX. Daily News file photo
People light a candle for former president Nelson Mandela on hearing of his death, outside his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ( South Africa Mandela Obit )
June 1990: Nelson Mandela holds the key to the City of Los Angeles during a rally at City Hall. Daily News file photo
Police keep watch outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela, rear, before it was announced by president Jacob Zuma that Mandela had died, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ( South Africa Mandela Obit )
July 1993: African National Congress president Nelson Mandela shows off a statue he received at First African Methodist Episcopal Church during his visit to Los Angeles. Daily News file photo
June 1990: Nelson Mandela, Mayor Tom Bradley and John Ferraro on Spring Street at Los Angeles City Hall. Daily News file photo
Pedestrians pass beneath the Apollo Theatre marquee commemorating the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. South Africa's first black president died Thursday after a long illness. He was 95. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ( Obit Mandela )
June 1990: Nelson Mandela is greeted by an unidentified person on Spring Street at side of Los Angeles City Hall. Daily News file photo
In this photo provided by the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council observes a moment of silence in memory of the passing of Nelson Mandela, at U.N. Headquarters, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Nelson Mandela died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95. (AP Photo/The United Nations, Eskinder Debebe) ( Obit Nelson Mandela )
June 1990: Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Maxine Waters and Mayor Tom Bradley gesture to crowd at conclusion of a rally at the L.A. Coliseum. Daily News file photo
Media wait for news outside Nelson Mandela's home in Johannesburg on December 6,2013 . Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95, President Jacob Zuma said on December 6. (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7733924 )
Candles and flowers are placed outside former President Nelson Mandela's former home, now a museum, in Soweto, South Africa Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. South African President Jacob Zuma announced earlier that Mandela had died peacefully after a long illness. (AP Photo) ( South Africa Mandela Obit )
An unidentified granddaughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela leaves his house following his death in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7733915 )
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky issued the following statement today on the passing of Nelson Mandela, 95, legendary anti-apartheid leader, former president of South Africa and an international champion of democracy and justice: “Nelson Mandela was a larger-than-life figure – an internationally renowned beacon of strength, principle and courage, and one of those rare individuals who could truly be called a ‘citizen of the world.’ “Mandela had a profound and lasting impact on each of us, and I am one of those lucky individuals whom he touched personally. I vividly remember the day more than 20 years ago when I met Mandela during his visit to Los Angeles City Hall. I was deeply moved at the opportunity to personally shake his hand and exchange a few words with him. “All those who value freedom and human dignity have lost a great friend today, and one of the true giants of our time.”
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: News crews gather around a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the South African Embassy December 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. Incumbent South African President Jacob Zuma announced earlier that Mandela has died at the age of 95. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 454246835WM004_PEOPLE_AROUN )
July 1993: Mayor Richard Riordan and Rep. Maxine Waters, left, greet Nelson Mandela as he gets off a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. Daily News file photo
South Africans react as they pay tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela following his death in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state. (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par7733948 )
June 1990: Nelson Mandela, with his wife, Winnie, by his side, waves to crowds on hand to greet him at Los Angeles International Airport. Daily News file photo
A large television screen in New York's Times Square broadcasts a news show as they announce the death of Nelson Mandela, former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, December 5, 2013. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8129020 )
Nelson Mandela speaks with reporters during a news conference at the World Trade Center in New York Friday, June 22, 1990, before his appearance at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) ( Mandela Press Conference )
This picture shows a framed image of former South African president Nelson Mandela as people pay tributes following his death, in Johannesburg on December 6, 2013. Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a towering figure of 20th century politics, died on December 5 aged 95. (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) ( Hkg9256948 )
President Nelson Mandela dances at a celebration concert following his inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 10, 1994, along with former President F.W. de Klerk. "Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world," Mandela vowed. (AP Photo/John Parkin) ( MANDELA INAUGURATION )
South African President Nelson Mandela, foreground, and U.S. President Bill Clinton peer out from Section B, prison cell No. 5, on Robben Island, South Africa Friday, March 27, 1998. Mandela spent 18 years of his 27-year prison term on the island. Mandela Friday praised Clinton for his correct instincts on international matters and told South Africans who criticize his own ties to Cuba and Libya to go and throw themselves into a pool. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) ( SOUTH AFRICA CLINTON )
South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and American pop singer Michael Jackson arrive at a news conference in Cape Town Tuesday, March 23, 1999. Jackson announced dates for two concerts in June of which profits will go to various funds including the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. (AP Photo /Obed Zilwa) ( SOUTH AFRICA JACKSON )
South African President Nelson Mandela chips away at limestone in a quarry on Robben Island on Feb. 10, 1995, as he did so when imprisoned there. It is the fifth anniversary of his release. (AP Photo) ( South Africa Mandela Prison )
In this image taken on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, former South African president Nelson Mandela's daughter, Makaziwe Mandela, left, and his granddaughter Tukwini Mandela pose with some of their House of Mandela wines, in Bal Harbour, Fla. For decades, Nelson Mandela's name has been synonymous with freedom and political reform. Now with the launch of House of Mandela Wines, his daughter and granddaughter hope to add fine wine to the list of associations. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ( Food-South Beach-Mandela Wines )
A giant portrait of former president Nelson Mandela adorns a cooling tower of a now defunct power station in Soweto, South Africa, Monday, Dec 31, 2012. Mandela is recovering at his Johannesburg home since being hopitalized for a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ( South Africa Mandela )
In this photo from Saturday Feb. 2, 2013, Nelson Mandela, 95, sits holding his great grandson Zen Manaway, 1, at home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Zen, the youngest in the Mandela family, is traveling in the U.S. with his mother Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and his aunt Swati Dlamini, as the sisters promote their new reality TV series "Being Mandela," produced by COZI TV for NBC. The 30-minute weekly show premieres on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. EST and will follow the next generation of Mandela family through the experiences of sisters Zaziwe and Swati and their families. (AP Photo/Family Photo Courtesy of Being Mandela/COZI TV) ( Being Mandela )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, Swati Dlamini, left, and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, granddaughters of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, pose during an interview in New York. The sisters are stars of the new reality show "Being Mandela," produced by COZI TV for NBC. The 30-minute weekly show premieres on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 9 PM ET and will follow the next generation of Mandela family through the experiences of sisters Zaziwe and Swati and their families. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) ( Mandela Granddaughters )
Crowds cheer as a police van brings prisoners to the Drill Hall, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 31, 1956, for the start of the 'Treason Trial'. One man has climbed onto the step of the van top shout encouragement to the inmates. Nelson Mandela was among the people arrested and standing trial. (AP Photo) ( START OF TREASON TRIALS )
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, left, chats with African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela during a brief photo session before their meeting in New York, Sept. 27, 1993. (AP Photo/David Karp) ( Peres Mandela USA )
African women join in a demonstration in South Africa, Aug. 16, 1962, demanding the release of Nelson Mandela, former secretary of the banned African National Congress, who appeared in court on a charge of incitement. The women, together with Winnie Mandela chanted "down with Verwoerd on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall. (AP Photo/Dennis Lee Royle) ( South Africa Mandela Supporters 1962 )
Winnie Mandela, wife of the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela, wears a traditional dress as she and two other women attend her husband's trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Oct. 22, 1962. Nelson Mandela pleaded not guilty in a special regional court to charges of incitement and leaving South Africa illegally. (AP Photo) ( APARTHEID WINNIE MANDELA TRIAL )
Outside the Palace of Justice, Winnie Mandela (right) waits for a glimpse of her husband, Nelson Mandela , as he and seven other men are carried off to jail in Blacn Marias on June 12, 1964 in Pretoria, South Africa. The men had been convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mrs. Mandela waited in vain the police van took another route and did not pass her. (AP Photo/ARG) ( Winnie Mandela )
Makaziwe Mandela is presented a peace award on behalf of her father, Nelson Mandela, from the Boston Federal Executive Board's Minority Opportunity Committee in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 21, 1986. Mandela, an anti-Apartheid activist, is serving a life sentence in prison in South Africa for planning sabotage against the white government. The man to the right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Mary Lee) ( MAKAZIWE MANDELA PEACE AWARD )
Nelson Mandela, left, African National Congress leader, holds hands with his wife, Winnie Mandela, giving the Amandla salute, in the garden of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's residence, Cape Town, South Africa on Monday, February 14, 1990. Mandela was released from prison yesterday after serving 27 years. (AP Photo/Adil Bradlow) ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA )
FIRST ADDRESS IN FREEDOM: ANC leader Nelson Mandela waves to thousands of his supporters in Cape Town, South Africa, during his first address after spending 27 years in jail. (AP-Photo/str/Udo Weitz/-02/11/1990-) ( NELSON MANDELA (02/90) )
The two-story house of Winnie Mandela, wife of imprisoned African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, is enclosed by brick walls in the Soweto section of Johannesburg, South Africa. Mrs. Mamdela confirmed in an interview published on Thursday, May 10, 1987 in the Weekly Mail that she has been building the house since mid-1986 with royalties from hour biography " Part of My Soul Went with Him," and with money from a trust fund she said was set up by friends. (AP Photo) ( House Of Winnie Mandela )
South African black leader Nelson Mandela shows a black salute upon his arrival at the New Tokyo International Airport, east of Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 27, 1990 in Narita for a six-day visit to Japan as part of a world tour to lobby for continuing support for the anti-apartheid movement. (AP Photo/Tsugufumi Matsumoto) ( Mandela Japan )
Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie, walking hand in hand, raise clenched fists upon his release from Victor prison, Cape Town, Sunday, February 11, 1990. The African National Congress leader had served over 27 years in detention. (AP Photo) ( MANDELA RELEASED )
Nelson Mandela is led by his wife, Winnie Mandela, who gives a black power salute, after his release from Victor Verster prison in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 11, 1990. The leader of the African National Congress served over 27 years in jail. (AP Photo/Greg English) ( MANDELA PRISON RELEASE )
Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, and African leader Nelson Mandela gesture during the celebration of the "Day of the Revolution" in Matanzas Saturday, July 27, 1991. Cubans celebrate 38th anniversary of the revolution. (AP Photo/Alejandro Balaguer) ( CUBA SOUTH AFRICA )
Nelson Mandela, South African leader Anti-Apartheid leader, signs a document certifying his acceptance of an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cairo on May 20, 1990 at Cairo, Egypt. At left is the presidnt of Cairo University Dr. Maamoun Salama. (AP Photo) ( Nelson Mandela )
Nelson Mandela the president of African National Congress claps hands with American singer and songwriter Paul Simon in a gesture that signals the end of the boycott imposed by anti-Apartheid organizations, at a function held in Simon honour in Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, Jan. 10, 1992. (AP Photo/ Adil Bradlow) ( End of Cultural Boycott )
Nelson Mandela President of the African National Congress (center) talks with Jacob Zuma, right, a ranking Zulu in the ANC before making a speech before some 80,000 ANC supporters at a rugby field on Sunday, Oct. 24, 1993 in Durban, South Africa. Man on left is Jeff Hadebe , the ANC Chief of Southern Natal. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( Nelson Mandela )
South African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk, right, and South African President Nelson Mandela pose with their Nobel Peace Prize Gold Medal and Diploma, in Oslo, December 10, 1993. De Klerk announced at a press conference in Cape Town, Tuesday Aug. 26, 1997, that he was resigning as head of South Africa's National Party, and would quit politics.(AP Photo/NTB) ( NORWAY DE KLERK )
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, and African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela shake hands during their meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 1994. Kissinger is in South Africa to try to end the bloody dispute between the ANC and the Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party, who are opposed to the upcoming all-race general elections. (AP Photo/John Parkin) ( 9478 )
New York City Mayor David Dinkins, left, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, joins hands with African National Congress President Nelson Mandela Friday, Sept. 24, 1993 in New York, following a press conference at the United Nations. Mandela, in addition to calling for a lifting of sanctions against South Africa, also confirmed Friday that the ANC has been holding secret talks with right-wing Afrikaaners about the establishment of a semi-autonomous white homeland. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) ( UN Mandela South Africa )
Nelson Mandela, African National Congress leader, and Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., sing and dance at a victory celebration for Mandela in Johannesburg, May 2, 1994, after Mandela and the ANC appeared to take the majority of the votes in the country's first integrated elections. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( SOUTH AFRICA ELECTIONS 1994 )
Supporters of African National Congress President Nelson Mandela cheer and wave during an election rally at Thaba Nchu, South Africa, on Thursday, April 21, 1994, 240 miles (400kms) southwest of Johannesburg. South Africa’s first all race elections take place April 26-28 and Mandela is expected to win the country’s leadership. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( South Africa Election 1994 )
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, left, and President-elect Nelson Mandela confer during celebrations at a rally held in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, May 8, 1994 in honor of national Thanksgiving Day. The event, attended by thousands of supporters of all races, came on the eve of Mandela's inauguration as the country's first black president. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( TUTU MANDELA )
African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela at a press conference on Thursday, March 31, 1994 in Johannesburg in which he commented on South African President F.W de Klerk's declaration of the state of emergency in KwaZulu and Natal province. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ( Nelson Mandela )
Nelson Mandela takes the oath of office in Pretoria Tuesday, May 10, 1994 to become South Africa's first black President. The event was attended by many visiting heads of state and thousands of supporters. (AP Photo/David Brauchli) ( MANDELA INAUGURATION )
Former South African President Nelson Mandela gives South African President Thabo Mbeki a copy of the book "Mandela" during its launch at the Mandela foundation in Johannesburg, Monday Oct. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA BOOK )
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, right, meets former South African President Nelson Mandela at Buckingham Palace, London Wednesday June 25, 2008. The meeting is part of a week long visit marking the former South African President's 90th birthday, which is next month. Person at right is unidentified (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski/Pool) ( Britain Mandela )
Anti-apartheid demonstrators gather outside the South African Embassy in Trafalgar Square, London, June 12, 1964, in protest against the sentence to life imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, former chief of the banned African National Congress. Mandela, 46, and seven other defendants were found guilty in the South African treason trial in Pretoria. They were sentenced today. (AP Photo) ( London Reacts To Mandela Sentence 1964 )
Police join hands to hold back demonstrators outside court in Pretoria, South Africa, June 12, 1964 after eight of the accused in the Rivonia Sabotage trial, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, were sentenced to life imprisonment. (AP Photo) ( Protests For Mandela And Sisulu 1964 )
General view of the stage at Wembley Stadium, London, June 11, 1988, during the performance of the band Eurythmics at the benefit concert for Nelson Mandela. The 10-hour-long concert "Nelson Mandela, Freedom at 70" was watched by 70,000 fans in the stadium and was televised to 60 countries worldwide. (AP Photo/Str/Allen) ( LONDON MANDELA ROCK CONCERT )
Winnie Mandela, with daughters Dlamini, left, and Zinzi, right, arrives at Cape Town?s airport on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1985 on her way to visit her imprisoned husband, anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. (AP Photo/Greg English) ( Winnie Mandela and Daughters Dlamini Mandela and ZinziMandela )
Nelson Mandela, left, and his wife Winnie, right, at Cape Town's airport prior to a flight to Johannesburg in this February 1990 photo, the day after his release from prison.(AP Photo /File, Adil Bradlow) ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA )
Winnie Mandela, wife of African Guerrilla leader Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg, South Africa, when she receives the Robert Kennedy human rights award Jan. 24, 1986. Man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Greg English) ( Robert Kennedy Human Rights Award )
South African State President F.W. de Klerk and his wife, Marike de Klerk, stand to attention during the opening of parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 2, 1990. De Klerk announced the unbanning of the ANC and all other political parties, the lifting of the state of emergency and the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela. (AP Photo/Adil Bradlow) ( President F.W. de Klerk and Marike de Klerk )
Mendi Msimang, chief representative of the African National Congress, right and Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, left, president of the anti-apartheid movement, sit together in London, Feb. 10, 1990 after the announcement by South African President F.W. de Klerk that African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela is to be released from jail, Sunday. Behind then are portraits on Nelson Mandela taken before he was jailed. (AP Photo/Press Association) ( Nelson Mandela To Be Freed 1990 )
On the day that SA Pres FW de Klerk announced the release of Nelson Mandela, right wing extremists called for his death at a rally in Church Square, Pretoria, A crowd of about 2,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Pretoria calling for the overthrow of the present Nationalists Government on Saturday, Feb. 9, 1990 in South Africa. (AP Photo/John Parkin) ( South Africa Riots Demonstration Riots )
Nelson Mandela is led by his wife, Winnie Mandela, who gives a black power salute, after his release from Victor Verster prison in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 1990. The leader of the African National Congress served over 27 years in jail. (AP Photo/Greg English) ( Nelson Mandela Winnie Mandela )
In this Feb. 13, 1990 file photo, ANC leader and symbol of resistance to apartheid, Nelson Mandela, is seen as he gives the black power salute to the 120,000 ANC supporters packing Soweto's Soccer City stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, shortly after his release from 27 years in prison. (AP Photo, file) ( Mandela at 90 )
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