Question

Why was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964?

• A. He provoked the people to attack on the whites
• B. He spread communal feelings among the people
• C. He dared to oppose apartheid regime in his country
• D. He was responsible for the attack on a theatre meant for the whites

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

He dared to oppose apartheid regime in his country

Nelson Mandela, leader in the African National Congress, an organization dedicated to protesting the South African government’s policy of apartheid, had been arrested in 1956 on treason charges, but was acquitted. On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela received a life sentence for committing sabotage against South Africa’s apartheid government, avoiding a possible death sentence.