Ovi History eMagazine

After 27 years in prison, the anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African National Congress (ANC), walked free from prison. Mandela went on to become South Africa’s first Black president and receive a Nobel peace prize. On 11 February 1990, at 16:14 local time, Nelson Mandela, once South Africa's most wanted man, walked out of Victor Verster Prison hand-in-hand with his then wife Winnie, after spending 27 years behind bars. Huge crowds had waited for hours in the sweltering heat in antic