Originally Posted by
Dave the Brave
Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. At his trial, he had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandela’s MK terrorists.
However the time spent in prison does seem to have caused him to distance himself from the radical element of the movement.
A man's life needs to be seen in totality not just the good he did.
That said.
RIP Nelson Mandela.
DtB
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