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May
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Winnie and Nelson: new book paints a deeply human portrait of the Mandela marriage and South Africa’s struggle

Winnie and Nelson: new book paints a deeply human portrait of the Mandela marriage and South Africa’s struggle

LITERATURE
A powerful new book on Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has just been published. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is at once a double biography of South Africa’s two famous liberation leaders and a historical love story about their personal lives. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during apartheid and went on to become the country’s first democratic president. For her part, Madikizela-Mandela was persecuted relentlessly by the white minority government as she organised the resistance. After democracy, the couple divorced. Jonny Steinberg, political scientist and award-winning author, answers six questions about his book. Author JONNY STEINBERG, Senior…
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Jul
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Zindzi Mandela buried next to her mom and grandchildren

Zindzi Mandela buried next to her mom and grandchildren

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FRIENDS of the late struggle activist and diplomat Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela-Hlongwane held red roses and her coffin was carried over a red carpet in a poignant, emotional and dignified final farewell to her. Zindzi, who died this week, was buried today next to her mother, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her two grandchildren Zinawe and Zenani after a private funeral service at the Fourways Memorial Garden in Johannesburg. Zindzi was the youngest daughter of liberation icons Madikizela-Mandela and the great Nelson Mandela. She was buried a day before what would have been her father’s 102nd birthday. Her family disclosed…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
“My last meeting with Zindzi Mandela”

“My last meeting with Zindzi Mandela”

NEWS
 THAMI KA PLAATJE AT a recent international conference at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation,  I had an occasion to reunite with Sis Zindzi. She was in the company of her amiable and jovial elder sister Zenani and we took to the remote corner to share our thoughts far from the ambassadorial glee and diplomatic loquaciousness of the conference.  This was our first encounter since the passing of Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, and the occasion called for some long catch-up and chit -chat albeit within the limited time allowed by the rigours of the conference underway.  Zindzi bemoaned the…
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