UNelson_Mandela
Ejele lePollsmoor: 1982–88
Ngo-Epreli ka 1982, uMandela wadluliselwa ejele le-Pollsmoor Prison eTokai, Cape Town kanye nabanye abaholi abaphezulu be-ANC abanjengo Walter Sisulu, u-Andrew Mlangeni, u-,Ahmed Kathrada kanye noRaymond Mhlaba; ngaleso senzo sokudluliselwa ePollsmoor, babekholelwa ukuthi bakhishwa inyumbazane ukuze bangahlangana neziboshwa ezisha zentsha yezishukumi ezazisanda kufika ejele.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986218Meredith2010340Sampson2011324.E2.80.93325_172-0" rel="dc:references"> [172]  <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986218Meredith2010340Sampson2011324.E2.80.93325_172-0" rel="dc:references"> Isimo saseJele lasePollsmoor, sasingcono kakhkulu kunesase-Robben Island, ngisho noma uMandela wayekhumbula amaqabane esiqiwini kanye nendawo enhle yesiqiwi.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeredith2010346.E2.80.93347Sampson2011324.E2.80.93325_173-0" rel="dc:references"> [173]   <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeredith2010346.E2.80.93347Sampson2011324.E2.80.93325_173-0" rel="dc:references"> Ngokuba nomoya wokuzwana nesikhulu sekhomanda, uBrigadier Munro, wavumela uMandela ukuthi enze ingadi ophahleni (roof garden),<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeredith2010347Sampson2011326_174-0" rel="dc:references"> [174]   <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeredith2010347Sampson2011326_174-0" rel="dc:references"> kanti ngalesi sikhathi, uMandela wayesefunda kakhulu, kanye nokubhala izincwadi ezibhalela abangaphandle, ngoba manje wayesevunyelwe ukubhala izincwadi ezingu 52 ngonyaka.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESampson2011329_175-0" rel="dc:references"> [175]   <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESampson2011329_175-0" rel="dc:references"> Waqokwa ukuba yi-patron yenhlangano eyayihlanganisa izinhlanga ezehlukene ye- United Democratic Front (UDF), eyayisungulelwe ukuphikisana namithetho emisha yobandlululo eyayenza inkohliso yokuqeda ubandlululo, imitheshwana (reforms) eyasungulwa nguMongameli weNingizimu Afrika, u-P. W. Botha. Uhulumeni wobandlululo neqembu lakhe uBotha le-National Party laqala ukuvumela Amakhaladi namaNdiya ukuvota kumaphalamendana amancane abo, kanti la maphalamendana nabo, ayelawula ezemfundo, ezempilo kanye nezezindlu, kodwa abantu abansundu bama-Afrika, bona babekhishelwe ngaphandle kule nqubo; njengoMandela, i-UDF, yabona le nqubo njengemizamo yokwehlukanisa intshukumo yokulwa nobandlululo ngokwezinhlanga.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986224Barber200420.2C_23.2C_26.E2.80.9327Meredith2010341.E2.80.93346Sampson2011335.E2.80.93336_176-0" rel="dc:references"> [176]  <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986224Barber200420.2C_23.2C_26.E2.80.9327Meredith2010341.E2.80.93346Sampson2011335.E2.80.93336_176-0" rel="dc:references"> Udlame lwaya ngokudlondlobala kulo lonke izwe, kanti iningi labantu lalesabela ukuthi kuzoba nokuvukelwana kwesizwe sonkana. Ngenxa yengcindezi yamazwe omhlaba, amabhangi angaphandle amisa utshalomali eNingizimu Afrika, lokhu okwabangela ukuthi umnotho ungakhuli. Amabhangi amaningi noThatcher ancenga uBotha ukuthi akhulule uMandela  – lokhu kwenzeka ngesikhathi uMandela eba nedumela khulu, kanti la mabhangi ayefuna ukwehlisa ulaka ezweni.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986247.E2.80.93248Barber200430Meredith2010249.E2.80.93256Sampson2011338.E2.80.93342_177-0" rel="dc:references"> [177]  <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986247.E2.80.93248Barber200430Meredith2010249.E2.80.93256Sampson2011338.E2.80.93342_177-0" rel="dc:references"> Ngisho noma uBotha wayebona uMandela eyikhomanisi elikhulukazi elilandela inqubo ye-Marxist kakhulu ("arch-Marxist"),<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986210Meredith2010340_178-0" rel="dc:references"> [178]   <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986210Meredith2010340_178-0" rel="dc:references"> ngoFebruwari ka-1985, uBotha wathembisa ukukhulula uMandela uma nje engathembisa nokuyeka inqubo yomzabalazo wezepolitiki wezikhali (on condition that he "unconditionally rejected violence as a political weapon"). UMandela lesi sithembiso sikaBotha, wasikhahlela ngazo zombili izinyawo, wakhulula isitatimende esafunda yindodakazi yakhe uZindzi, esasibuza umbuzo wokuthi, nhloboni lena yenkululeko athenjiswa yona nguBotha, isihloko sesitatimende sakhe, sasithi: "What freedom am I being offered while the organisation of the people [ANC] remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.")<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986237.E2.80.93238Barber200436Meer1988315.E2.80.93318Meredith2010351.E2.80.93352Sampson2011330.E2.80.93332_179-0" rel="dc:references"> [179]  <span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenson1986237.E2.80.93238Barber200436Meer1988315.E2.80.93318Meredith2010351.E2.80.93352Sampson2011330.E2.80.93332_179-0" rel="dc:references">