Mandela was convicted of treason in this year , given a life sentence . de Klerk , Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize . Mandela once said violent political struggle became rule after nonviolence failed . He urged black South Africans to support the South African national rugby team -- hated by many blacks because they viewed it as the sport of their oppressors -- in 1995 . Mandela was the First of his family to attend school .
Mandela was convicted of treason in this year , given a life sentence . de Klerk , Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize . Mandela once said violent political struggle became rule after nonviolence failed . Mandela was the First of his family to attend school .