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In 1962, when Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, Telstar launched the first communications satellite, and General Electric introduced the world to the single LED.

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Jaco Theunissen
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In 1962, when Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, Telstar launched the first communications satellite, and General Electric introduced the world to the single LED. The first personal computer was developed at the commencement of his incarceration, and somewhat alarmingly, upon his release in 1990, the World Wide Web had just been introduced. Technological advancement during those 27 fateful years in South African history proceeded from only prosperous individuals having access to modest calculators, to a significant portion of the populace having personal computers that could connect to each other, all around the world, via the internet. Despite the personal, psychological and political challenges that Mr Mandela would have faced upon his release, few people consider how different the new world in which he was being released into, must have seemed to him.

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