Nelson Mandela wagidinga ilanga lakhe lamabeletho lapha bekenza 80 yeminyaka ngokutjhada uGraca Machel

© Dr Peter Magubane
UNelson Mandela Wagidinga ilanga lakhe lamabeletho ngokutjhada uGraca Machel ngezi 18 Zakavelabahlinze ngonyaka -1998 emyanyeni wangasese kwakhe eHoughton.UMachel khabe angumka Mongameli walokha weMozambique ,owabulawako uSamora Machel.UMandela bekade ahlukene nomkakhe walokha uWinnie ngoSihlabantangana wonyaka 1992.Ababilaba bahlukana ngomkomthetho ngoNtaka ka-1996.
Ngemva kokobana uMandela atjhaphululwe ngentrogweni, wahlangana no Graca Machel, omfelokazi kaMongameli walokha weMozambique uSamora Machel, ngemva kwalokho wathi umkhumbula njengomma one-pesonality ehle.
Ababilaba bathatha isqunto sokobana batjhade ngelanga lamabetho laka Nelson Mandela, lokha enza iminyaka eyu-76, ngezi- 18 zakaVelabahlinze ngonyaka ka-1998. Wamema iimvakatjhi zangaphetjheya kwamalwandle eziyi-2000. Batjhada emzini kaNelson Mandela omuhle eHoughton eJwanisbhege.
“Ngeze ngatlhadlhula ukuthaba kwami, ukuthola ithando nefudumalo lomma ozithobe, onomusa nohlakaniphe kangaka”. UMandela watlola njalo ngeskhatheso Kungipha ukududuzeka okungakholweki nokwaneliseka, ukwazi bona, kukhona umuntu, kwenye indawo ephasinapha engingathembela kuye, khulukhulu endabeni lapha amadelisa wami wepolotiki ngeze angikgelebha khona.
uMachel mncani kuMandela ngeminyaka eyi-27, begodu nguyekwaphela umma ephasini obeyi-First lady kabili eenarheni ezehlukeneko. Ngaphambi kokobana atjhade uMandela, gade anabentwana ababili, uJosina kanye noMalengani begodu bekatjhade noSamora Machel, uMongameli wokuthoma weMozambique, ngonyaka ka-1957. USamora Machel wabhubha lokha nakuwa isphaphamtjhini eSewula Africa ngonyaka ka-1986.

“Ngafunda bona isbindi akusikungabi nevalo, kodwana ukuphumulela phezu kwalo. Indoda enesbindi akusi ngile, engathukwako, kodwana ngile eyehlula ukuthukokho.” ~ Nelson Mandela

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