When was Mandela awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace?

The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa". read more

In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is hardly surprising considering the work he has done. A Nobel Peace Prize is not won lightly. Under Nelson Mandela leadership the injustice of apartheid has been addressed and to a large extent ended (at least politically and on paper). read more