Nelson Mandela's First Appearance, February 1990

by P M Wood
(Cape Town)

The streets around the City Hall were jam packed with people.

This was history-in-the-making and we all knew it!

It was a long, hot wait that day but the longer it took, the more determined everyone was to hang on. And the more people arrived.

Everyone wanted to secure a great vantage point. These guys had plenty of chutzpah... and took over the roof of the little snack bar building on the edge of the Grand Parade.

They got good publicity for their cause!