Nelson Mandela: Key dates
- 1918 Born in the Eastern Cape
- 1943 Joins African National Congress
- 1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped
- 1962 Arrested, convicted of sabotage, sentenced to five years in prison
- 1964 Charged again, sentenced to life
- 1990 Freed from prison
- 1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
- 1994 Elected first black president
- 1994 to 1999 Mr Mandela served as South Africa's first black president
- 1999 Steps down as leader
- 2004 Retires from public life
- 2005 Announces his son has died of an HIV/Aids-related illness
- He is widely regarded as the father of the nation for leading the struggle against apartheid.
- He first contracted tuberculosis in the 1980s while detained on the windswept Robben Island where he served 18 of the 27 years he was imprisoned for sabotage.
- The treatment he received in December 2012 was his longest spell in hospital since leaving prison in 1990.Latest news; Nelson Mandela back in hospital with lung infection.
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