{"id":548,"date":"2026-09-22T09:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2026-09-29T07:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:52:03","slug":"nelson-mandela-pictures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/nelson-mandela-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"548\" class=\"elementor elementor-548\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6caa08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6caa08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d2579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2d2579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nelson Mandela \u2013 Pictures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526f45f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"526f45f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-690 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">A young Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela in traditional dress<br \/>(Image sourced from: History Department, UKZN)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"165\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mandela &amp; Tambo Attorneys: the only existing image of Nelson Mandela in the law office he ran with Oliver Tambo in downtown Johannesburg, 1952<br \/>(Image strictly Copyright: Jurgen Schadeberg)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture3-2.jpg 232w, https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture3-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nelson Mandela burning his pass book during the 1952 Defiance Campaign<br \/>(Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/\">South African History Online<\/a>)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-693\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nelson and Winnie Mandela on their wedding day in 1958<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-694\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mandela walks out of Pollsmoor prison on 11 February 1990 &#8230; Almost no one outside prison had seen him or his photograph for 27 years<br \/>(Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonmandela.org\/\">Nelson Mandela Foundation<\/a>)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-695\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, Robben Island prison yard, 1966<br \/>(Photo: UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-696\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nelson Mandela,Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africamediaonline.com\/\">www.africamediaonline.com<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-697\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are free at last, ANC chief tells South Africa<br \/>(The Star, 3 May 1994)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>________________________________________<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-698\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ankara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/Picture11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nelson Mandela addresses the crowd at the inaugural 46664 concert in Cape Town in 2003<br \/>(Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.46664.com\/\">46664.com<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-d81a8ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d81a8ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Mandela \u2013 Pictures A young Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela in traditional dress(Image sourced from: History Department, UKZN) ________________________________________ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mandela &amp; 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