Your friend from Johannesburg is right. Thanks to the media narrative, it was years before I discovered the full story about Nelson Mandela. In his statement in court at his trial, Nelson Mandela admitted the terrorist charges against him. He was openly proud of what he did. He doesn't deny what he did.

On the other hand, I think I recall reading that he directed the attacks to be against infrastructure, rather than against people. Is that accurate?

In his statement in court at his trial, Nelson Mandela admitted the terrorist charges against him. He was openly proud of what he did. He doesn't deny what he did.

On the other hand, he has argued that he directed the attacks to be against infrastructure, rather than against people.

Yet thanks to the media narrative, very few people know the full story.