Nelson Mandela's Turning points

- When his father died, Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe.       
-In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa. 
-Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground. In the late 50s (56 ‒61) there was an extremely lengthy Treason Trial in which Mandela and several others were charged with treason. 
-However by 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison. 
-Mandela’s release in 1990, It was an emotional moment watched by millions around the globe

-However on 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999.

- This was made more difficult by the HIV epidemic, which continues to cause grave problems. (Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.)