"Yes sir," but he did this for a reason. He did that so the officers could feal the guilt for what they have been doing to all the black people. The goverment soon got pressured by the people to let Mandela out of prison. They did so,because they thought that they would start huge riots, and "take over the land." In February 1990 president F. W. de Klerk released Nelson Mandela under some certain circumstances. Mandela assumed leadership of the ANC and led negotiations with the government for a new constitution that would grant political power to the country's black majority population. In 1991 the government repealed the last of the laws that formed the legal basis for apartheid. But then something bad happened, Mandela found out that his wife Winnie Mandela has not been truthful to him. They then seperated. In 1993 Mandela won the NobelNobel Peace Prize for their efforts in establishing democracy and racial harmony in South Africa. In 1994 Africas history was changed forever, they got to vote. Mandela ran for presiden that year and won. Although their were many other leaders that helped, Mandela was the most effective and responsive to the peoples wishes, like letting the truth and reconciliation have people that did unlawful things to the Africans to appologise to who they did it to, or to the peoples family. The Truth and Reconciliation did a great job, healing many lifes with holes. They helped the needy and helped Africa heal one step at a time....
