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Treason and sabotage by the apartheid government, acts punishable by death. but they got life imprisonment instead, banished to robin island, one of the country's most brutal and isolated prisons. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in the prison yard. >> i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. >> reporter: mandela was released 27 years later. >> i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your struggle, your commitment and your discipline has released me to stand before you toda...

We draw strength from the example of renewal and reconciliation and resilience that you made real. a free south africa, at peace with itself. that's an example to the world. that's his legacy to the nation that he loved. we will not likely see the likes of nelson mandela again, so it falls to us as best we can to follow the example that he set, to make decisions guided not by hate, but by love, to never discount the difference that one person can make, to strive for a future that is worthy of his sacrifice. for now, let us pause and give thanks for the fact that nelson mandela lived, a man who...

Commemorative memorial. and then after that, from sort of day six, seven and eight, you are going to see nelson mandela lying in state at the union buildings which is the seat of government in pretoria. his casket will be placed under a dome. it will be very close to the same place where he took the oath of office when he became the first democratically elected president in this country in 1994. he will lie there for three days. the first day will be for vips and visitors coming in from around the world, to come pay their respects. ordinary south africans are expected to line up of course to c...

Needed, but i also think we have a responsibility to also allow the people of the united states a way to pay their respects. the embassy, the whole team will be focusing over the next few days how to memorialize him. how we can give people of the united states an avenue in order to pay tribute. it's also ironic that this happens at the moment when the long walk to fry dom begins to take root across the united states and gives people an inside into the life of nelson mandela. >> mr. ambassador, i want to go to jim acosta. he's at the white house getting more information. what are you learning, ...

Going to happen in your life so come and watch the television. so everybody was vested in that moment. i remember it so clearly and so does everybody who was there. >> it was an amazing moment for south africa, indeed for the world. i want to zakaria into this conversation. we are remembering nelson mandela, a world leader who made such, such a change not only in south africa but indeed, he inspired so many people around the world. >> absolutely, wolf. remember, this is a man born in 1918, when the sun never set on the british empire, and lived a long life and was part of a kind of tradition o...