South African President Nelson Mandela acknowledges applause after addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday, Oct. 6, 1994 on Capitol Hill. Vice President Al Gore and House Speaker Thomas Foley of Wash. applaud behind the president. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)

African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela salutes supporters Sunday, March 6, 1994, on his arrival at a rally in Pietersburg. Mandela told those gathered at the Pietersburg stadium that no one should fear an ANC government -not the military, police, business leaders or dissident groups opposed to the nation's first all-race election. Pietersburg, in northern South Africa, is considered a stronghold of pro-apartheid whites. (AP Photo/Joao Silva)

ANC President Nelson Mandela salutes the crowd, Friday, March 4, 1994 in Flagstaff, Transkei, during his two-day campaign swing through the region. Mandela is campaigning for the first all-race general election in April. (AP Photo/David Brau)

South African President Nelson Mandela holds the Africa prize for leadership at a dinner in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994. Mandela accepted the prestigious award on behalf of the people of his country with the hope that South Africa???s success will inspire new leadership to end hunger in all of Africa. (AP Photo/Shayna Brennan)

President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela acknowledges cheers from the crowd as he prepares to unveil the ANC's official election platform Saturday, Jan. 29, 1994 in Soweto. Both Mandela and President F.W. De Klerk are hitting the campaign trail in the run up to the April 27 general elections. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

ANC President Nelson Mandela waves to supporters at Boksburg Sunday, April 10, 1994 as he arrives at a memorial service for former South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani. On April 10, 1993, Hani was gunned down outside his home, setting off riots and unrest in South Africa. A year later Mandela is on the verge of becoming President of the country. (AP Photo/John Parkin)

African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, left, laughs as he shakes hands with President F.W de Klerk on Thursday, April 14, 1994 in Johannesburg, South Africa prior to an internationally televised television debate. (AP Photo/John Parkin/pool)

American Vice President Al Gore, left, shakes hand with South African President Nelson Mandela, right, when the two met at the American Embassador's residence Tuesday, May 10, 1994. Earlier, Mandela was sworn in as the country's first black President after the African National Congress's overwhelming victory in the first all-race elections held in the country. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela joins in the festivities at the ANC's 80th birthday celebration, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1992, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Thousands of ANC supporters attended the rally held in the same city where the ANC was established 80 years ago. (AP Photo/Adil Bradlow)

African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, right, comforts Limpho Hani, widow of Chris Hani, at a memorial held in Reiger Park Township, Boksburg, South Africa on Sunday, April 10, 1994. On April 10, 1993 Hani was gunned down outside his home by Polish immigrant Janusz Walus. (AP Photo/Lynne Saldky)

Winnie Mandela, wife of jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela, defied her banning order by addressing a huge funeral crowd on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1985 in Mamelodi Township at Pretoria. The crowd had gathered to bury 12 people, including a 2 month old baby, killed in clashes with police Nov. 21. 1985(AP Photo/Greg English)

Makaziwe Mandela Amuah, daughter of jailed Black Nationalist leader Nelson Mandela, addresses a news conference Friday in Amherst, Mass., where she said she was very happy that South Africa President F.W. De Klerk had announced that her father would be released from imprisonment in a speech on Friday, Feb. 2, 1990. Makaziwe Mandela is a student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)

Schoolchildren from Mqekezweni greet ANC President Nelson Mandela during his visit Saturday, March 5, 1994. Mandela went to school in this village and returned to visit it during his two-day campaign tour of the Transkei for the upcoming all-race general elections scheduled for April 27. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela waves to the crowd, to his right is his wife, Winnie Mandela, to his left, Carabobo University Rector Ruben Ballesteros, Sunday, July 28,1991, Valencia, Venezuela. University of Carabobo gave Mandela an honorary degree. (AP Photo/Diego Giudice)

Winnie Mandela photographed Wednesday, Feb 16, 1989 at Jan Smuts Airport before her departure for Cape Town to visit her husband Nelson Mandela at the Victor Verster prison farm. Leader of the country's biggest anti-apartheid groups Thursday renounced Mrs. Mandela and accused her young bodyguards of waging a reign of terror in the black community. Mrs. Mandela and the youths are under investigation in the death of a teen- age black activist. (AP Photo/Anna Zieminski)

South African President Nelson Mandela, center, is accompanied by Jesse Jackson, second from right, as he greets well wishers following services at the Canaan Baptist church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York Sunday, Oct. 2, 1994. Hoping to generate both goodwill and investment in his cash-strapped country, Mandela is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly and meet with business leaders in New York before heading to Washington later this week. (AP Photo/Joe Tabacca)

President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela kicks a soccer ball onto a goal as supporters watch Monday, Jan. 31, 1994 at the Boskop Agricultural Training School outside of Potcherfstroom in western Transvaal in South Africa. The school named the sports field after Mandela. Mandela today concluded a two-day campaign swing through western Transvaal in the run-up to the April 27 all race general elections. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

African National Congress (ANC) supporters sit atop a soccer goal post at an electioneering rally help in the far Western Transvaal Township of Atamelang, South Africa, Saturday, April 9, 1994. The rally was hosted by ANC President Nelson Mandela (portrait on placard) who is vying for votes for this month's all-race general elections. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Zindzi Mandela reads the refusal of her father, Nelson, to leave prison on Feb. 10, 1985 in Johannesburg, after South African President P.W. Botha offered him conditional release. Mandela has spent more than 20 years in prison as leader of the banned ??sAfrican National Congress??? (A.N.C.). (AP Photo/Peters)

President Clinton looks on as South African President Nelson Mandela speaks during a State Arrival ceremony for the South African President Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994 at the White House in Washington. Clinton welcomed Mandela to an exuberant White House ceremony underscoring the 76-year-old African leader???s rise from imprisonment in the apartheid state to the presidency of South Africa???s new democracy. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)