EVENT INFORMATION

12
February
1990

Mandela holds his first press conference as a free man

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Biography 📅 12 February 1990 📍 South Africa

Mandela held a press conference at Bishopscourt in Cape Town and then flew to Johannesburg. His first public day of freedom combined political communication with a return to family and movement networks. The international press attention could make him a global symbol, but he continued to frame the struggle as one led by the people and the ANC.

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Nelson Mandela

Organizations in this Event

African National Congress

Bishopscourt

international press