- 18 July 1918
- become chief on his local tribe
- became involved in politic
- finished degree and qualified as lawyer
- 1944 found the ANC youth league
- 1949. instrumental in pushing the ANC
- 1952. defiance campaign
- 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s
- 1962 arrested
- 1990.released
- 10 may,1994 become President of South Africa
- and was President until June 1999
- He is one of the few politicians who have gone beyond a political.