PICS: Madiba release: 26 years on

FILE--Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, walking hand in hand, raise clenched fists upon Mandela\'s release from Victor Verster Prison, in Paari, South Africa February 11, 1990. Mandela put 27 years as a political prisoner behind him and negotiated with the apartheid oppressors to launch the first democratic elections in 1994. (AP Photo/Greg English)

FILE--Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, walking hand in hand, raise clenched fists upon Mandela\'s release from Victor Verster Prison, in Paari, South Africa February 11, 1990. Mandela put 27 years as a political prisoner behind him and negotiated with the apartheid oppressors to launch the first democratic elections in 1994. (AP Photo/Greg English)

cape Town. 11021990. Nelson Mandela, flanked by Walter Sisulu, his former wife Winnie and Cyril Ramaphosa reads his famous speech at the steps of the Cape Town City hall after his release from the Victor Verster prison. Picture leon Muller.

Cape Town. 1990. Nelson Mandela and his former wife Winnie at the Grande Parade where he addressed the crowds after his release from Victor Verster prison. Picture Brenton Geach.

Nelson Mandela makes his first public speech in nearly three decades, on the balcony of the Cape Town city hall after his release earlier from the Victor Verster prison. Picture: AP Photo/Chris Ledochowski

11. 02. 1990: Mr Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela. Picture: Brenton Geach

Nelson Mandela attends a welcoming ceremony on release from prison at the Cape Town City Hall, with him are (L-R) Walter Sisulu, Albertina Sisulu and wife Winnie Mandela. Picture: Reuters/Paul Velasco