on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. [ music ] up next on a second look from activist to prisoner to president. the journey of south africa's nelson mandela straight ahead on a second look. good evening and welcome to a second look. i am gasia mikaelian. the life and times of nelson mandela. once the leader of south africa's fight, he would become the president and recognized as

the father of its transformation. he was held for 27 years as an enemy of the government. he release in 1990 was hailed as a victory for freedom. 8 years later the u.s. president would come to visit viz. this report in march, 1998. >> reporter: with the leader of the free world in tow, the leader of a free south africa returned to the prison where he spent 18 years. >> the authorities, who are incensety -- insensitive. >> 5 miles off the coast of its

most picturesque city. it saved its harshest treatment. >> nelson mandela's leadership even from here was so strongpet before he served half his sentence the government offered to release him. he turned down every offer. >> reporter: he is the source of what he calls his moral authority. he calls on the u.s. to talk peace with his enemy. >> and the united states should set an example to all of us. to help eliminate tensions throughout the world. >> nelson mandela rejected critics with cuba, libya and iran. >> they can throw themselves

type a pool. [ laughter ] >> reporter: by the time they visited he seemed to have forgotten it. >> my first thought was to thank god the person who occupied the cell was able to live all those years in that way without having his heart turn stone -- >> march 21 has been a national holiday since 1994. it marks the gate in 1960 when police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters. what is known as the sharpville massacre would mark a change in tactics. including nelson mandela. they aired this report in 1988 as rumors flew that he would be soon released. >> reporter: it was the maschar in 1960 that led leaders away

from their policy of non- violence resistance. 69 people were shot dead. at the time nelson mandela was tried with 150 others for treason. he was acquitted in 1961 and went into hiding where he gave a rare interview laying down a new plan. >> there are many people who feel it is useless for us to continue talking peace and non- violence against the government. i think the time has come for us to consider in the light of our experiences whether the methods which we have applied are adequate. >> reporter: in 1968 nelson mandela married. now his voice outside prison. by then he was arrested, tried and sent to prison.

she wantsshe -- he waits for his released. she is not allowed to be alone with him. >> by 1985 there was a movement world wide to withdrawal vestments in companies doing business in south africa. among them was university of california at berkeley. they would join the call for change. here are two reports. >> reporter: the longshoreman, 400 of them, international president says the students' effort to put pressure on uc to sell its stock in companies doing business with south africa ahas their full support. he is making a rare public

aexperience. predicted a ground swell of support for the movement all over the country. >> i think right now it is just a start. >> reporter: university of california at berkeley spokesman says the university shares the student's feeling. >> one demand is met and that is to have a community forum. >> he said he is ashamed of his fellow regents and he predicted the protest will force them to take action. >> i think it is a wonderful movement. people are coming together. >> you are under phrast blocking the sidewalks -- under arrest for blocking the sidewalks. >> four uc camps, students were arrested after they removed to

-- refused to move. all six were led off amid the cheersf fellow -- of fellow demonstrators. the arrests were carried out peacefully and they were processed and released within 10 minutes. today's protest mark as change in their strategy. from now till they meet next month there will be daily demonstrations at university hall and prominent people will sit in to get arrested. as we have seen what happens at the embassy in washington, it will be dramatic. >> to get people arrested and to keep the impression on -- in the minds of the administration

that they can't just ignore this issue. we will continue. >> still to come, nelson mandela comes to oakland and later the jubilation when was elected south africa's president. >> follow second look on facebook and twitter. now this is flying... with style. great glittering galaxies. disneyland resort just got happier, see it all with a 3-day park hopper ticket. i now appear to be lost in a deep dark cave...

welcome back to a second look. tonight nelson mandela. the south african national congress. in february 1990 nelson mandela was about to be released after 27 years. a week before the government legalized his organization, the anc. cnn brought us this report. >> reporter: blacks who have no vote took to the streets to voice their demands. in particular for the release of jailed leader nelson

mandela. as they marched under the colors of the national congress the leader of the white minority government was about to stun them. he announced the suspension of the death penalty and then the lifting of the ban on the anc. >> the prohibition of the national congress, and a number of organizations is being resended. >> reporter: outrage right wingers. but he pressed on to announce the freeing of political activity, the lifting of restrictions of the media and freeing of political prisoners and then -- >> i wish to put it plainly the government has taken a firm

decision to release nelson mandela unconditionally. i am serious. walk threw the open door. take your place at the negotiating table together with the government and other leaders who are important power bases inside and outside of parliament. >> reporter: they said the white man was being sold out. >> we were fighting fighting to retain had right of self determination of the white people. >> he foresaw the end of south africa's isolation. >> i think we can return to international respectability. yes, it is a great day. >> the news was welcomed to the black leaders. >> the berlin wall fell and the

walls of apartheid are falling. our victory. >> the day after nelson mandela was free for the first time in three decades the celebration would reach all the way to the streets of oakland. here is the report from february 12, 1990. >> nelson mandela, a man locked away for 27 years has been given his freedom and now a struggle against apartheid in south africa has been given new hope. >> our leader has come out. hallelujah. hallelujah. [ singing ] >> i have been waiting for this moment. we have been waiting for this

moment. >> we are eager to see him and to be our father again. >> we march towards the best of a united democratic south africa. in which our children shall share ice cream in the summer and blankets in the winter. [ cheers and applause ] >> remember. >> reporter: today's march in oakland was by comparison relatively small but yet there were several hundred people who marched. the atmosphere was almost joyous but still not satisfied. despite the over all glow of

optimism that exists following his release from prison there is still the feeling that the gesture was not enough. supporters insist only an end to apartheid will satisfy this call for change. >> five months after his release he toured the united states, his last stop oakland. he rallied a crowd of 58,000, singing south african freedom songs. [ singing ] >> and nelson mandela thanked them for their support in his battle against apartheid. >> it is you, the people of oakland, the people of the bay area who have given me and my delegation strength and hope to go back and continue the struggle. >> when we come back on a second look a celebration,

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♪ tonight on a second look, nelson mandela. four years after he was released from prison south africa discarded the apart tied governor and included a new one. this report in 1994. >> reporter: it was the day they had been denied all their lives a chance to choose their leaders through the ballot box. they lined up all over south africa. voting will take three days. the sick and old have priority today. they couldn't wait. >> so today i went in. heavy day for me. >> we can be one thg.

brothers and sisters. >> reporter: patients in hospitals were able to vote from their beds. nobody wanted to miss this opportunity. the church was the polling station in zone 7. officials made sure it was all done fairly but at this place there was no security, it had been promised after the terrorist attacks. she wasn't frightened, she come to vote for her grandson's future. >> i am excited. >> i am old. i for the young ones it means a lot. >> reporter: security is be nothing creased by the soldiers. they have been ordered to

maintain law and order so they voted early as well. >> we are proud to be part of it. >> reporter: nelson mandela spent 27 years in jail because he believed this day would come. he addressed the nation he is soon to lead. >> today is a day like no other before. fair election has begun. today marks the dawn. >> reporter: he took his mother to vote. he is expected to be vice president in a government of national unity after the election. >> today the new south africa, which was our vision for such a long time is being born. it is a good news day for south africa and all its people. >> reporter: whites have always

had the vote but this election is very different. >> very excited. raised my blood pressure. >> i was very happy that we are doing the right thing. >> back at the church, she was on her way home. >> now is the time. now is the day. never mind the bombings and things. it doesn't mean nothing. >> reporter: political power is passing from the hands to the majority. even if nelson mandela finds it hard to keep all his promises the right to vote will change the lives of black people in south africa forever. they waited in the sun. this day was a long time coming. a few hours more didn't make any difference. >> one week later nelson mandela would be named president. ktvu's john fowler brought us this report on may 2, 1994.

>> reporter: nelson mandela defied doctors orders and danced into the night with supporters. the moment is political history and nelson mandela began rallying his nation together. >> i stand before you filled with pride and joy. pride. free at last. >> still president, he praised nelson mandela as a man of destiny, when they vote friday he will likely stay in the

government as a vice president. >> i should be surrendering power, not to the majority of the moment but to the south african people. >> reporter: this is by far the richest black african nation, but as some put it south africa is a wounded with a tormented past, fractured present and unsettled future. >> it is an uphill struggle. and now they will be expected to fix it in 5, 10, 20 years. that is nearing the impossible. >> reporter: nelson mandela's party is now charged with creating a constitution. a political compromise between black majority and white minority. >> what nelson mandela can do is get things started on the right foot and the key thing is jobs, jobs, jobs.

if he could manage to create unemployment then he has a -- to create employment then he has a chance. >> when we come back on

may 10, 1994 was a historic day, the day nelson mandela was sworn in as the first black president. capping a journey that took him from 27 years in prissen to the leader of the nation. -- prison to the leader of the nation. here is the report from the day of his swearing in. [ music ] >> reporter: the old parliament but a new anthem, south africa's first black president. at his side the man who freed

him. earlier they gave way to scenes never witnessed before. as they greeted nelson mandela. thunders applause. the president elect took the oath, the first of 400 to be sworn in. nearby his wife. >> i declare nelson mandela duly elected president of the republic of south africa. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: they broke the rules. >> this is the day for which we have waited for over 300 years. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is the day of liberation.

>> reporter: thousands of faces in expectation of nelson mandela. he promised freedom, now promised >> people of south africa have spoken in this election. they want change. and change is what they will get. >> reporter: the massive have a democratic voice and they are using it to with welcome in the first parliament that represents the people of south africa. >> that is it for this week's second look. i am gasia mikaelian. thank you for watching. the oakland colosseum crowd serenading nelson mandela during his visit here in 1990. [ singing ]

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