what was nelson mandela campaigning for
Mandela and his cousin Justice then ran away to Johannesburg to escape arranged marriages. While there he met Walter Sisilu who arranged for him to start his articles in a law firm. While studying, in 1943 he joined the African National Congress (ANC) to campaign for justice for the people of South Africa.
This was the second time Nelson Mandela had been tried for high treason - in 1956 he was charged but after a four year trial the case was dropped. There were demonstrations in Britain following the 1964 sentencing. A world petition calling for the prisoners' release was handed to the United Nations Secretary General.