Originally Posted by Lichen

Mandela was a communist terrorist and should have been shot.

The reason that chimpanzee stayed caged for so many years was that he refused to renounce violence. He could have walked out of prison any time. All he'd have to do would be to renounce violence.

When he was arrested, he was in possession of two trucks of high grade explosives that were manufactured in the Soviet Union. He confessed to planning to destroy several government buildings. Mandala was also trained by the KGB AND the ANC was also a political party created by the KGB.