Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (O belegwe 18 Mosegamanye 1918 - 5 Manthole 2013) be ele molwela tokologo lera dipolotiki wa Afrika Borwa. Ebile mopresidente wa Afrika Borwa ngwageng wa 1994 go fihla ka ngwaga wa 1999. Ebe ile motho moso wa pele wa go kgethwa go ba mopresidente morago ga tokologo. Mmušo wa gagwe o ile wa shulalanya kgethologoganyo yeo e bego e lebane ke batho baso nageng ya Afrika Borwa, ka go lwantšha bodidi, kgethologano ka mmala le go hlohleletša tekatekano. Dipolotiking ebile moetapele wa mokgahlo wa African National Congress (ANC) go tloga 1991 go fihla 1997 gape e bile moetapele le kago lefapa la Democratic socialist. Tša boditšhabatšhaba, Mandela ebile mongwaledi mogolo wa Non-Aligned Movement gotloga ka 1998 gofihla ka 1999. O belegwe lapeng la bogoshi ba AbaThembu, Mandela o tsene yunibesithi ya Fort Hare le yunibesithi ya Witwatersrand, mo ailego ake thutela dithuto tsa molao. Go duleng ga gagwe Johannesburg, o ile a tsea karolo dipolotiking a lwantšha mmušo wa kgatelelo, a tsenela mokgahlo wa ANC yaba yo mongwe wa bahlomi ba mokgahlo wa bašwa wa ANC.