Visiting Nelson Mandela’s Prison Cell | Oti Mabuse: My South Africa

I’ve been fortunate to visit this site, and observe his cell up close. It is almost a spiritual experience to realize that this historical and courageous man was consigned to this tiny cell for 18 years.

Such terrible conditions and so inspiring video. I am from Russia, so I know there are a lot of political prisoners in my country (Navalny, Yashin etc.), they are heroes like Nelson Mandela was. I hope and even I know, in near future we will see the same videos from Pokrov and other prisons in Russia.

this was emotional

The U.S. series The Amazing Race has been on for 34 Seasons, it has traveled South Africa for 3 of them (Seasons 1, 2 & 7), & in Season 2 the teams actually got to visit this prison to retrieve a clue from Mandela's cell.

I have watched the documentary it’s such a mixed motion…. May God bless South Africa and its people…thank you so much Oti am really humbled by lady in Cape Town she was crying and I did too 🇿🇦🇿🇦 i love ❤️ my country and the people….Love you too Oti ❤❤❤ Tebogo Phiri Soweto viva ✊🏾✊🏾

I have been here!

Great leader

Proud? He'd be horrified at the crime and corruption.

Nelson Mandela was One of the most Africa Legend and also a greatest Leader.💙 🌍🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

I want learn english ! How away to that

Ooh is this a series? Do Assange next.

The dude had the same conditions for 12 years as mandela... pretty rude in my opinion to only talk about mandela in front of a prisoner

Look how great SA is now that these prisons are closed

Makes me sad the way he was treated ( racists )

It's so sad he died here

This is such a biased piece. Yes the conditions were bad, but in any prison they are, no matter what country. This short is made to make people think the prisoners were left in their cells 24/7. They didn't. If you know the story of Nelson Mandela and his fellow inmates in prison, they worked the mines, that is how his eyes became so sensitive and exercised in the yard, just like in so many prisons at that time in history. It is also not true that all the guards were white and rascist. James Gregory became Nelson Mandela's friend, maybe only one we know of but it disputes the comment that all were rascist. Another point made that Nelson Mandela would be proud today of the South Africa that has become since 1994. I do not believe that to be true. South Africa today is not the democracy he dreamed of, in fact they are far from it and I feel sorry for President Ramaphosa trying to lift the country out of the quagmire it is currently in.

I can't worship this person anymore. Soon as I found out that his wife is responsible for "necklacing" her enemies. Necklacing is where they fill a rubber tire with gasoline. Put it around your enemies neck and light it on fire. It's one of thee worst ways to die. This was done to teenage boys and girls that snitched on her. Like very young children. That's not the work of a Gandi like figure. War is war. War crimes are war crimes. There are no "good war crimes". This should be taught to people/students. Education should be balanced, just and fair. Lies in education should never be tolerated to create heros.

I have nothing against a total black south africa and I have nothing against a total german germany . the planet is meaningfully divided into cultures, races, mentalities. otherwise - civil wars, conflicts, degeneration. the magic word is Identity.