TURNING POINTS

• Mandela was groomed fro becoming local chief in his clan.
•  Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League,
• Whilst at university Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society
• and along with his good friend and comrade Oliver Tambo was expelled from Fort Hare for organising a student strike.
• Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground
• In the late 50s (56 ‒61) there was an extremely lengthy Treason Trial in which Mandela and several others were charged with treason.
• the government banned the ANC .
• However by 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
• Although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release in 1990. It was an emotional moment watched by millions around the globe
• {Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.}

                                              Achievements 

• Mandela was able to complete his degree and qualified as a        Lawyer 
• Mandela elected in  1994 as president of south africa till             june 1999.
• Mandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
• Mandela opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa in      1952.
• In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League.
• Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be       victorious. 
• He helped to keep other Men’s spirits high and never              compromised his political principles when offered early release
• Although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release in 1990. It was an emotional moment watched by millions around the globe
• Mandela's  autobiography
• Since retiring from office Nelson Mandela has continued to be an international figure of great stature.

                                                          

Reg Saunders biographu timeline

• Reg Saunders born in 1920
• From 1937, Reg ran a sawmill with his father and brother,
• In 1940 joined  to fight in the Second World War
•  Crete was invaded in May 1941
•  escaped British submarine and returned to Australia in 1942
• promoted to lieutenant in 1944.
• married 1944
• discharged from the army in 1945
• In 1950 rejoined the army as a lieutenant to fight in the Korean War
• requested discharge from the army in 1954
•  recruited to the Office of Aboriginal Affairs in 1969 
• continued working in Canberra until his retirement in 1980
•  recognised for his community work in 1971 
• died in 1990,

Nelson Mandela biography timeline

• Nelson Mandela= born at Qunu, near Umtata on 18 July 1918.
•  In 1952 opened first black law firm in s.africa.
• In 1944 helped to be  found the ANC Youth Leagu.
• the Programme action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.
• 1952 Defiance Campaign.
• in 1960  the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.
• 1962 arrested.
• 1990 released.
• 10 May 1994 allected  as the first President of South Africa until June 1999.
• 993  awarded the Nobel peace price.
• 2013 died.

fred hollows biography timeline

• fred hollows was born in New Zealand in 1929.
• got job in australin in 1960.
• in 1965 became head of the  Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.
• in 1965 accepted a cause and prepared he first Aboriginal Medical Service.
• helped a national program about  eye disease in Aboriginal Australians in 1970s.
• + in three years the teams travelled outside australia. 
• in 1980 travelled all around the universaty. 
• in 1989 dying in cancer.
• in 1993 died in cancer.