I, Nelson Mandela do here swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. Born to a chief of a small village, mandela was one of 13 children and the first member of his family to attend school. In the 1930s he began opposing authority and the authorities that made colored South Africans secondclass citizens. As white south africa became more aggressive, so did he. As the head of the armed wing of the African National congress, mandela led violent sabbatini town hall attacks and was arrested and tried in 1962. He would spend 27 years in jail, but he was never forgotten. Eventually international and internal pressure led the president to announce apartheid would be dismantled and mandela would walk free. But rather than secret bution, mandela reached out to his former oppressors and tried to heal a divided nation. In 1993 he and declercq shared the Nobel Peace Prize. We appreciated the contribution they have made toward the development of this country. In 1994 he voted for the firs