Lokha nabahlukanako ngonyaka ka-1957, kwangena umkakhe wesibili uWinnie Madikizela ngonyaka ka-1958. Wahlala kancani lapha njengombana indima yakhe egade ayidlala emtlhagweni wepolotiki, beyidla iskhathi sakhe esinengi, wakateleleka bona ayozifihla ngonyaka ka-1961. Wayesele ahlala abaleka kwaze kwafika iskhathi lapha bambamba khona,bamvalela ngonyaka ka-1962.
Ngemva kokobana bamtjhaphululile ejele ngonjaka ka-1990, uNelson Mandela wabuyela kwakhe eSoweto wahlala amalanga ayi-11 wafudukela eHoughton nekusemakhitjhini weJwanisbhege.
Ngemva kokutjhatjhululwa kwakhe waqitha iskhathi ahlangana nabahlali beSoweto, abanengi bamkhumbula yena nomndenakhe kusukela ngeskhathi ebegade ahlala ngaso lapho nomndenakhe. Omunye umuntu owahlangana noMandela wathi,” Bekungathi ngibona izulu, ngamehlwami. Bekulibhudango elifezekileko ukuhlangana naye. Ngathinta isandla sakhe, akhange ngisasigeza isandla sami iimveke ezimbili. Ngabona ngathi ngeze kwabakuhle bona ngenze njalo.
“Ukwehlula umtlhago akusiyisenzo esikgelebha abantu abatlhagako, sisenzo sobulungiswa.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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