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D efinition of leadership. T he art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. BBC.co.uk. Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy.
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Definition of leadership • The art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.
BBC.co.uk • Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy.
Background of Nelson Mandela • Born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918 • Joined the African National Congress in 1944 • engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. • Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC after the banning of the ANC • formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe
Arrested in 1962 and jailed for 27 years • Released on February 11, 1990. • In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organization had been banned in 1960, Mandela was elected President of the ANC • Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994