President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke at the 30th commemoration of the release of anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela. <br /><br />Mandela spent 27 years in prison after being imprisoned for opposing the apartheid regime.<br /><br />Ramaphosa recalls the time he stood alongside Mandela on 11 February 1990 and held the microphone when Mandela spoke to thousands of people on Cape Town’s Grand parade. <br /><br />A statue of Mandela now stands on the spot where he spoke for the first time on the balcony of the City Hall.
