Ko da yake Mandela ya sami aiki a matsayin mai tsaron dare a Crown Mines, "farkon gani na jari-hujja na Afirka ta Kudu a cikin aiki", amma an kori shi lokacin da induna (shugaban) ya gano cewa shi ɗan gudu ne. Ya zauna tare da dan uwansa a George Goch Township, wanda ya gabatar da Mandela ga mai ba da tallafi da kuma mai fafutuka na ANC Walter Sisulu. Na biyun ya sami aiki a matsayin cklerk a kamfanin lauya na Sid Witkin, atheelsky da Eman, wani kamfani da Lazar Sidelsky ke gudanarwa, Bayahude mai sassaucin ra'ayi wanda ke da tausayi ga ANC.
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