On 9 February 1990, the Cabinet approved the order for the release of the world’s longest-serving political prisoner. Records show that Nelson Mandela left with 22 boxes, a trunk, four baskets, an urn, a footstool, a cardboard hat, two large umbrellas, a set of exercise weights, an exercise bicycle, one giant birthday card and a surfboard!
- A Prisoner in the Garden: Opening Nelson Mandela’s Archive
