because the. first years were pure torture the idea was to consign the prisoners to oblivion to have them forgotten even by their families letters were routinely burned or censored or and. meanwhile the state terror continued in the headquarters of the secret police on the notorious forest a square in johannesburg prisoners were tortured and killed. the regime was out of control. the nelson mandela foundation has valuable materials from this time. a secret service employee returned one of monday it was confiscated notebooks. security. it contains handwritten copies of letters he wrote on robben island. as historians are preparing the documents for publication

so the next generation can find out what it was like. this. while. there followed years of cruelty. winnie mandela was next in the regime's firing on . them he never wanted a good mandela in their on their premises. so they knew they were going to have to release him that some stage so i think that the structure of when he was really also. planned way of destruction he could be. the government's plan worked when he mandela was embroiled in scandals affairs and

murder cases. i have a feeling he she just lost control. but apps have their. head . positive greatness at the time of keeping him his name alive and trying to feel himself to be the person that. when he meant bella attended a memorial march for the victims of the student revolt in soweto in one nine hundred seventy six she was right at the front when hector pieterson became the first of many children to be shot dead by the police as ex-president mickey bows down in honor of the victims he knows how many of these young protesters are now part of the last generation of the townships and he said.

remembering so we're doing a five star hotel with the rich and beautiful a crash course in history death drama resistance a state of emergency deliberation hero as a spectator of history his victims are still present in art but who have all too often been forgotten in life. among them patrick lakota he too was tortured he too was a prisoner on robben island. there was that sense of a shirt that said it. was love to. companies that. it made you forget that you have to many years to spend. if you look at it you know just enough is this fuss about quickly it's present have said it quickly and that it's and this is that is that this is. the step that you should be doing what is

happening you should be aware you it is the only way in which you can get. behind the scenes mandela and the a.n.c. had long been pulling the strings he was transferred to a prison farm on the cape. but it will move to a major political organization or within that the changes could have been met just for the sake of it for the regime played for time our time is running out finally she meant tomorrow we have to me i asked him. what would you say i am living the winds of change were blowing f.w. de klerk became president by february nine hundred ninety apartheid was a thing of the past and nelson mandela a free man all i saw of the top fifty. awful sight of

the whole of the city is nothing ever that you can. measure. against. for freedom i'm free. he was reunited with his people and his friends clint caetano i don't t. know walter sisulu there was no embrace for when he was. featured. was. he to us like jesus christ. in the field to. london in the summer of one thousand nine hundred by now nelson mandela was an icon

in the world over. one side step out of prison. as a member of the. whatever expectations and. they were that he made me not as an individual bought as a as a member of the. the megastar his autobiography was a best seller for months exclusive editions one for astronomical prices. and. nine hundred ninety four he had no. income he also felt that he had to support himself i suspect that he was also in secure.

not having enough money to many children a style which was expected of him and then again that has never been able to save money for the twenty eightieth's that he was imprisoned. everybody has been very kind since he did not personally see that he almost mollycoddled. in the way he lives and. a family thought. he was to find no joy in winnie mandela as a pillar in soweto. the bedroom was occupied by her lover. but nelson mandela didn't want to give up the love that had kept him going in times of need the masses also wanted to see their idols happily reunited. in the

political realist now over seventy was deluded in private. he really loved what she got up to walk to say the table that he couldn't take is i. on good days his wife made him breakfast. when his daughter is a nanny got married mandela went all out to make up for his feelings of having failed as a husband and father. the glamorous wedding was also a farewell to his own personal delusion of a happy family. once again nelson mandela showed great generosity despite his pain he accompanied his wife who held her lover's hand to her trial where she was charged with accessory to murder despite all the evidence he and his lawyer stood by her. insist the fact that

she was there was a reason for having done what she did and he was probably the reason not being there by his side it's not the emotional makeup to say such as he was told still being broken. when he had to give voice to a knee that was the biggest price he has he paid . for anybody. so we turned to the people for solace. despite all the euphoria deliberation process was still fragile. nelson mandela and f.w. de klerk were awarded the nobel peace prize. in funneling in april one thousand nine hundred four the first free elections were held. it was south africa's finest

hour and the clerk was gone one day was the new president his daughter congratulated him and his ex-wife lavished pieces on the vice president. for the sake of my view and because. of that there's a lot of it and say. to everyone's delight president mandela created the feel good democracy of south africa queen elizabeth the second made him an honorary member of the order of merit. for. his friend bill clinton was the first state visit or reconciliation monday in the style even the wives of former oppressors were invited to his perplexed friend mandela responded talk to. the wife what we should do could there. be

a what do you going to say so you had something to say today mrs said don't leave my side mr may stay. here to the disgust of everybody. who is good i think for him the king thing was to bring to unite south africa's. deep at the time. in hearings of the truth and reconciliation commission terrible things came to light the father of the nation heard of the sufferings of the victims and the motives of the perpetrators he saw his friend a man of god despair. we cood he. amnesty immediately treated us. whether it is. the the the the of the victims. and

the government. today the rainbow nation is suffering from a devastating in china b aids epidemic. the number of orphans has been rising with a number of picked. for a long time the government of kabul mbeki neglected the trying to get states. to help the millions of impoverished orphans monday live from that his children's fund and demanded generic drugs for those infected. addicts. can't even if you were more yes and actually it would be given and much of that opportunity for not. sat. and defended. the nelson mandela children's fund is located just a short drive away from the monday the foundation celebrations are held on the founders birthday. or world for awards

for her or. all three years go for. the fund was set up to collect donations develop projects and distribute resources . but its glossy image is not without its critics. live in. such a way he knows he cannot afford the and even told the people you see those people busting their ends when the kids have caught their own money but worried that the incentives don't have money we need the thing but it's still going to pull away from us. so their approach is to go into communities identify all things who live with families often to adopt families and they support into the families so the selection criteria is reviewed by community. the children's funds annual

report shows just how successful its global fund raising activities are. even on notes what's in there to help donate some money the world gave him very easily he didn't even have to ask but he did and he would always ask for money for it not for himself personally but for the foundation although he doesn't spell it out like that he said i need. a million two million ten million i mean you would get it if it was collected for the children's fund and then it would be made in the name of the children's fund and it would be handed over to the children's fund which was collected for the nelson mandela foundation the check would be in the name of the nelson mandela foundation and that money would go directly to the nelson mandela foundation if the check was made out to nelson mandela between

two syllable of the proportions and. i think the bulk of it was made up to nelson and. her so you know reason. always for the course. when you for the course you can bet never before you always were the people. and that is something my dear but i mean that has left me with many of us shaking like you'd like to think that you'd like to join give and take turned into just take privileged groups i've forgotten to share much to my deepest displeasure. but life has its good sides to. the best father ever. i particularly never thought we would ever see this day with that he would be president and to see him celebrate his eightieth birthday with

everything that happened in prison and also i want to thank the lord for sending us . mandela's eightieth birthday was special in more ways than one of his daughters got a second mother and also michelle five years after his divorce from winnie nelson mandela married a third time this is a very mature relationship. very much but she'll probably need then the relationship i had with it with someone her first husband mozambique's president some more of michelle died in one thousand nine hundred sixty i would never question his love for winnie he never questions might have been here for a. long it's not easy. for typing this off my mother. accept to say that i am happy or have head down wife and i pack ah the ninety ninety eight monday the big

farewell to the political stage and dedicated himself to fundraising was bill clinton's foundation was a shining example of how millions of dollars could be collected for a good cause year after year we're going to. war against marked. we must find ways and means. no major life saving treatment of any. order for me. there are many problems in this land of extremes the lights go on ever more frequently as the mismanaged power grid threatens to collapse. yet monday his country is also a great place to celebrate royalty archbishops and presidents sway to the rhythms.