Crowds mark 20 years since Mandela's release

South Africans today celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid’s death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.

Crowds mark 20 years since Mandela's release
Thu, 11 Feb, 2010 - 15:28

South Africans today celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid’s death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.

Thousands gathered for commemorations near Cape Town at what was known in 1990 as Victor Verster, the last prison where Mandela was held.

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