| 18 July 1988 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela turns 70 as the government restricts public commemorations
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| 24 February 1988 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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The government bans the United Democratic Front and other organisations
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| 5 November 1987 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Govan Mbeki is released from Robben Island
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| 26 December 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela spends a full day with his fellow Rivonia prisoners
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| 24 December 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela takes his first supervised drive through Cape Town in 22 years
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| 6 December 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela spends the afternoon speaking with Ahmed Kathrada
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| 20 July 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela holds his first meeting with Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee about talks
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| 12 June 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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A nationwide state of emergency expands apartheid repression
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| 16 May 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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The Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group meets Mandela again
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| 6 May 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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MPs Helen Suzman and Tian van der Merwe visit Mandela
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| 12 March 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela meets the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group
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| 3 March 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Attorney Himie Bernardt visits Mandela
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| 1 February 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela consults his lawyer George Bizos at Pollsmoor
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| 12 January 1986 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela is taken to the Pollsmoor gardens
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| 23 November 1985 |
South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela returns to Pollsmoor and is held apart from his comrades
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