Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multi-racial election. He was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezoni Umtatu, Cape Province. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. He also served as the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997.
Nelson Mandela attended Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Mandela served 27 years in prison, first in Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor prison and Victor Verster prison. Mandela has been married three times, has fathered six children and has 17 grandchildren and more than 10 great - grandchildren.
Mandela's first marriage was to Evelyn Ntoko Mase, who was born on 18 May 1922 in Transkei and she was a South African nurse. They got married in October 1944. The couple broke up in 1957 after 13 years of marriage. The couple had 4 children:
- Madiba "Thembi" Thembekile born in 1946 and died in 1969.
- Makaziwe Mandela born in 1947 and died aged nine months
- Makgatho Mandela born 1950 and died 2005 and
- Makaziwe Mandela known as Maki born 1953 and named Makaziwe in honor of her sister (of the four children born to Evelyn Ntoko Mase and Nelson Mandela she is the only one still living).
Evelyn Ntoko Mase died in 2004 and Nelson Mandela attended her funeral.
Mandela's second wife, Winnie Madikizela - Mandela, also came from the Transkei area. Winnie was the city's first black social worker. They had two daughters, Zenani "Zeni", born 4 February 1958, and Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela, born 1960. Zindzi was only 18 months old when her father was sent to Robben Island prison. Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela divorced in 1996.
Mandela remarried on his 80th birthday in 1998, to his third wife, Graca Machel, widow of Samora Machel, the former Mozambican president and ANC ally who was killed in an air crash in 1986.
Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Former President of South Africa and his wife Graca Machel - Mandela
Nelson Mandela with his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela - Mandela just moments after his release from Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town, 1990.
Nelson Mandela with his wife Graca Machel (left) and ex-wife Winnie Madikizela Mandela (right)
Winnie Madikizela - Mandela (left) second and ex - wife of Nelson Mandela with Graca Machel - Mandela (right) wife of Nelson Mandela.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (second right)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (center) and her daughter Zenani Mandela - Dlamini (right) and Zenani's daughter (left)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zenani Mandela
Former South African President Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zenani Mandela
Nelson Mandela with his daughter, Zenani Mandela-Dlamini and granddaughter Ndileka Mandela (daughter of Mandela's first son, Madiba "Thembi" Thembekile)
Zenani Mandela (Left) daughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela with Mandela's granddaughters Zoleka Mandela-Zindzi Mandela's daughter (Second right) and Zaziwe Dlamini -Manaway (right, Zenani Mandela's daughter)
Former President Nelson Mandela's grandchildren, Swati Mandela Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini - Manaway
Former President Nelson Mandela's grandchildren, Swati Mandela Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini - Manaway
Former President Nelson Mandela's grandchildren, Swati Mandela Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini - Manaway
Former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (center) and her daughter Zenani (right) and grandson (left)
Nelson Mandela's daughter, Dr. Makaziwe Mandela
Born to Evelyn Ntoko Mase (first wife of Nelson Mandela) and Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela (center) with her daughter Tukwini Mandela (left) and her niece Ndileka Mandela (right) - daughter of Mandela's first son.
Nelson Mandela's daughter Dr. Makaziwe Mandela (left) with her daughter Tukwini Mandela (right)
Former President Nelson Mandela's grandchildren, Mbuso Mandela (R) and Tukwini Mandela (L)
Nelson Mandela's grandsons, Kweku Mandela (left) and Ndaba Mandela (right)
Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela (center) with her daughters Tukwini Mandela (left) and Dorothy Adjoa Amuah (right) - Dorothy is the stepdaughter of Makaziwe.
Nelson Mandela granddaughters, left to right: Nandi Mandela, Tukwini Mandela and Dorothy Adjoa - Amuah
Nelson Mandela's daughter Dr. Makaziwe Mandela - Amuah (left) with her daughter Tukwini Mandela (right)
Nelson Mandela's daughter Dr. Makaziwe Mandela - Amuah (right) with her daughter Tukwini Mandela (left)
Nelson Mandela's daughter Dr. Makaziwe Mandela - Amuah (left) with her daughter Tukwini Mandela (right)
Dr. Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah and her husband Dr. Isaac Amuah
HRH Duchess of Cornwall and HRH Prince of Wales with former South African president Nelson Mandela's grandchildren, Kweku Mandela (Left) and Mbuso Mandela (right)
Nelson Mandela's daughter, Zindzi Mandela
Nelson Mandela's daughter, Zindzi Mandela (center)
Zindzi Mandela (daughter of Nelson Mandela) with her daughter Zoleka Mandela
Zoleka Mandela daughter of Zindzi Mandela
Zindzi Mandela - daughter of Nelson Mandela (right), Zoleka Mandela - daughter of Zindzi Mandela (left)
Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zindzi Mandela and Great - granddaughter Zama (Zama "Zamakhosi" is the granddaughter of Zenani Mandela).
Nelson Mandela and his Great - granddaughter Zama (Zama "Zamakhosi" is the granddaughter of Zenani Mandela).
Nelson Mandela and his granddaughter Zoleka Mandela (Zindzi Mandela's daughter)
Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zindzi Mandela
Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zindzi Mandela
Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zindzi Mandela
Tennis Champions Serena and Venus Williams pose with Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi Mandela and grandson Zondwa Mandela (Zindzi Mandela's son)
Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi Mandela and her son Zondwa Mandela
Zindzi Mandela and her son Zwelabo Mandela
Zindzi Mandela and her son Zwelabo Mandela
Zindzi Mandela and her daughter Zoleka Mandela
Zindzi Mandela (second left) and Zoleka Mandela (right)
Nelson Mandela with her daughter Zenani Mandela - Dlamini and Zenani's Daughters Zaziwe (left) and Zamaswazi (right) with their daughters, Ziphokazi Manaway (Zaziwe's daughter) and Zamakhosi Obiri (Zamaswazi's daughter) July, 2011.
Nelson Mandela with his grandchildren
Nelson Mandela with his grandchildren
Nelson Mandela and his grandson Chief Mandla Mandela (also known as Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela)
Nelson Mandela with his grandchild and great grandchildren.
Nelson Mandela's 92nd Birthday Party with his family
Nelson Mandela celebrates 92nd Birthday with family in Johannesburg July 2010.
Nelson Mandela 93rd Birthday
Nelson Mandela with his former wife, Winnie Madikizela - Mandela, second from right, and their grandsons and great-granddaughter.
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 91st birthday at his Johannesburg home with leading figures from the African National Congress, family and friends on 18th July, 2009.
Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela - grand daughter of Zindzi Mandela (named after her Zindzi Mandela's sister Zenani). Zenani Mandela was killed in a car crash on the way home from the world cup opening concert. Zenani was a daughter of Zoleka (Zindzi Mandela's daughter)
Nelson Mandela and his late great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela.
Nelson Mandela and her daughter, Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Nelson Mandela and her daughter, Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Nelson Mandela and her daughter, Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Nelson Mandela and her daughter, Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Zenani "Zeni" Mandela - Dlamini is the first daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela - Mandela. She was born in Soweto in 1958. She is Businesswoman and South Africa's Ambassador to Argentina.
Zenani married in 1973 to Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini, a brother of King Mswati III of Swaziland and of Queen Mantfombi of the Zulu's and became a Swazi Princess. Zenani and her husband Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini lived in Boston until they divorced. Zenani is the mother of 4 and has more than 4 grandchildren. Her children are, Zaziwe Dlamini - Manaway, Zamaswazi Dlamini, Zinhle Dlamini and Zozuko Dlamini. Zenani studied Science at Boston University USA. She was appointed ambassador to Argentina in July, 2012.
Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Zenani Mandela - Dlamini
Zindzi Mandela - Hlongwane
Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela - Hlongwane is the second and youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela - Mandela. She was born in December 1960. She was 18 months old when her father was sent to prison, and she was 14 when she saw him again at Robben Island. She is the mother of four children from four different fathers. Zindzi's children are Zoleka, Zondwa, Bambatha and Zwelabo. In 1993, Zindzi Mandela married the shopkeeper Zwelibanzi Hlongwane. She tied the knot one more time earlier this year (March 2013) to MK Veteran Molapo Motlhajwa, who is 37 years old.
Zindzi Mandela
Dr. Makaziwe Mandela - Amuah
Makaziwe Mandela - Amuah known as Maki, is the daughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Ntoko Mase. Of the four children born to Evelyn Ntoko Mase and Nelson Mandela, Makaziwe is the only one still living. She is married to Dr. Isaac Amuah of Ghanaian origin. She received her secondary education at Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa. Then she attended University of Fort Hare in South Africa. In 1993, she earned a Ph.D in Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. She has held senior posts at the University of Witwatersrand and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and now heads the Industrial Development Group (IDG) with interests in mining and petroleum. Makaziwe is the mother of 3, Tukwini Mandela, Dumani Mandela and Kweku Mandela.
Dr. Makaziwe Mandela - Amuah
Nelson Mandela with Michelle Obama and Malia and Sasha Obama
Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel with Will Smith and Denzel Washington and their wives.
Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel and Queen Elizabeth
