Nelson Mandela was imprisoned due to apartheid in 1962
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, a South African anti-apartheid activist who presided over South Africa from 1994 to 1999, was born on July 18, 1918, and passed away on December 5, 2013. Police apprehended Mandela and fellow activist Cecil Williams on August 5, 1962, close to Howick.
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