Nelson Mandela's Life In Pictures

Nelson Mandela's Life In Pictures

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1918: Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, in the Transkei on 18 July. His father, a member of the Thembu clan, has three other wives in addition to Rolihlahla’s mother, and 12 other sons and daughters.
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Mandela in a class photograph from the late 1930s
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Mandela, center right, sings with supporters and the accused during the first treason trial outside the Drill Hall in Johannesburg, in 1956. Mandela and his co-accused were acquitted after a four-and-a-half-year trial
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Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie at their wedding in 1957. This copy was taken from the family album the original was by Alf Khumalo
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Mandela in traditional costume in the early 1960s
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Mandela speaks at a conference in 1960
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Then-ANC leader Mandela in January 1961
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Mandela with his wife Winnie in 1962
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Cleaning the 'Free Mandela' signs from King's College Chapel Cambridge
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African women demonstrate in front of the Law Courts in Pretoria after the verdict of the Rivonia trial
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is pictured meeting with Mandela in Gaza City in October 1988
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Mandela on his release from prison in February 1990
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A jubilant Sowetan holds up in Soweto a newspaper announcing the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990
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Mandela and wife Winnie after his release from Victor Verster prison in February 1990
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Mandela and his wife Winnie play with their grandchild Bambata at their Soweto home in 1990
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Mandela in the States in June 1990
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Mandela shakes hands with Margaret Thatcher in July 1990
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President of the South African National Congress, Mandela addresses a crowd of residents from the Phola park squatter camp during his tour of townships in September 1990
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Mandela salutes the crowd alongside Fidel Castro in Matanzas in July 1991
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Zinzi Mandela, wearing Xhosa traditional outfit, and her father Nelson in October 1992
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Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson meets Mandela during their tour to South Africa in June 1993
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Mandela listens to a little boy at a training farm in Boskop where he is campaigning for the South African presidency in 1994
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ANC youths wait for Mandela atop a billboard in a township outside Durban prior to an election rally in 1994
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Mandela jokingly poses with a spear presented to him at an election rally at Mngqesha, the former 'Great Place' of a famous Xosha king, on in April 1994
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President Mandela shakes hands with his two deputies Thabo Mbeki and former president Frederik de Klerk, after the inaugural sitting of South Africa's first all-race parliament in Cape Town in May 1994
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Mandela visits his former cell in notorious Robben Island prison off the coast of Cape Town, where he spent 19 of his 27 years in jail
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Mandela congratulates Springboks' skipper Francois Pienaar after handing him the Webb-Ellis trophy at Ellis Park in Johannesburg after his team beat New Zealand 15-12 in overtime in the 1995 rugby World Cup final
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President Mandela greets Queen Elizabeth II on her official arrival at Cape Town's Waterfront in 1995
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Mandela hugs the reigning Miss South Africa Barnelee Daniels after a lunch at his residence in Johannesburg
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Celebrities' man: Michael Jackson hugs Mandela in Pretoria in July 1996
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David Beckham awards former Mandela his own England jersey ahead of an international friendly match against South Africa in May 2003
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Mandela pays a personal tribute to two prominent anti-apartheid activists at their former home in Lime Street in London by unveiling a plaque in their honour in July 2003
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Oscar-winning acress Charlize Theron wipes away tears as she meets now-former president Mandela at Mandela House
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Nelson Mandela greets the crowd at the closing ceremony of the 15th International AIDS conference in Bangkok, Thailand
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Mandela and Sir Bob Geldof are applauded by the crowd before making a speech endorsing the 'Make Poverty History' campaign in Trafalgar Square in 2005
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Mandela, seen on giant screens, speaks during 'Live 8 Rome' at the Circus Maximus in July 2005
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Tony Blair meets Mandela in May 2007. Mr Blair is on a five-day visit to meet African leaders as he prepares to stand down as PM
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Bill Clinton embraces Mandela during a visit to the Nelson Mandela Foundation
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Mandela poses with South Africa rugby coach Jake White, captain John Smit and the Webb-Ellis cup
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Mandela and his wife Graca Machel on stage during the 46664 Concert celebrating his life in Hyde Park on 27 June 2008
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Mandela with South Africa's national rugby and football teams
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Mandela and his wife Graca Machel share a laugh as he's wrapped up in a blanket, a gift received from his staff in honour his 90th birthday
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Mandela smiles during the celebrations for the opening of the new One&Only Cape Town resort in April 2009 in Cape Town
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Mandela, aged 90, walks on stage for an election campaign rally in April 2009
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Mandela and his wife Graca Machel before the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final match between The Netherlands and Spain in Johannesburg on July 11 2010
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In this image from13 September 2011 former president Nelson Mandela's face is reflected in a mirror. The portrait has been bought by a private art collector in New York, for $200,000, the highest price ever paid for a local portrait
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela is pictured during a visit by former US president on 17 July 2012 at his home in Qunu, Eastern Cape, on the eve of his 94th birthday
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