This announcement came just one day short of Mandela’s birthday.
It was the first of its kind that he was to celebrate behind closed doors.
This was because he had recently been sentenced to life imprisonment after the Rivonia trial.
Mandela month: Madiba is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for PeaceSource: Facebook
It became the first of a number of awards uTata would receive during his 27 years of imprisonment.
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