Mandela walks free from Victor Verster after 27 years in prison

Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison after 27 years in prison, accompanied by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The release was unconditional, following years of rejection of offers that would have exchanged his freedom for political concessions. The image of Mandela walking from prison was made possible by mass resistance inside South Africa and a global campaign, not by a single government decision alone.