NELSON MANDELA ADDRESSES SOWETO RALLY TWO DAYS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM 27 YEARS IN PRISON ON FEBRUARY 11 1990

WALTER SISULU INTRODUCES MANDELA TO THE MASSIVE CROWD

(SUBRY GOVENDER AND A COLLEAGUE, WHOSE NAME I HAVE FORGOTTEN, AT THE FNB STADIUM IN SOWETO ON FEBRUARY 13 1990) The importance of unity, discipline and high moral values have always been the legacy of freedom icon and South Africa’s first democratic President, Nelson Mandela. He highlighted these values together with his former prison inmate and comrade in arms, Walter Sisulu, only two days after he was released from prison 28 years ago on February 11 1990. The occasion was a massive “welcome home” rally in Soweto, Johannesburg on February 13 1990. As a tribute to Mandela on his 100th birth anniversary, Subry Govender recalls the event that left an indelible mark on activists who organised the rally.