Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was sent to prison because he advocated majority rule in South Africa, at a time when apartheid, the separation of black Africans and whites, was the policy of the ruling white minority there..
Nelson Mandela was sentenced after being found guilty in the Rivonia Trial. The charges in this case were:The trial was condemned by the United Nations Security Council and nations around the world, leading to international sanctions against the South African government in some cases.
The president did not go to jail (except perhaps to visit inmates when he was working as an advocate). The president has a distant uncle (on his father's side), Onyango Obama, who was arrested for drunk driving in a suburb of Boston and spent several weeks in jail; but the president himself has a clean record and has never served any prison time.
He was never in jail. This is another of those internet myths, and there is no truth to it. Whether you like him or not, Barack Obama is a law-abiding citizen, and claims that he has been [pick one] arrested, jailed, or disbarred at any time in his life are nothing more than political rhetoric, with no credible evidence to support them.
He was one of the leaders of Umkhonto we Sizwe, which was the military wing of the ANC and responsible for acts of violence and terrorism.
Robben Island.
nelson Mandela got out of jail on February 11 1990
cause he is an idiot
he went to jail
He went to jail in ther year of 1963
nelson mandela was realesed in february 11 1990
Well he was in jail for 24 years what do you think !!Nelson Mandela did go to jail. Because he was trying to fight his rights and his race. He was sentenced to 27 years.Read more: How_was_nelson_Mandela_life_admiralbe
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He was put into jail.
Do you mean Nelson Mandela? He was released from jail in 1990 and is still living. Or do you mean another Nelson?
Nelson Mandela was released from jail on February 11, 1990.
mandela came out of the jail when south africa got independence from the white minorities.