Nelson Mandela wahlala eOrlando West nga 1946 nakashada umkakhe wekucala, Evelyn Ntoko Mase. Bahlukana emuva kweminyaka lelishumi nakunye bashadile. Nga 1958 umfati wakhe wesibili, Winnie Madikezela wahlala naye, kepha wahlala lapho iminyaka lemitsatfu ngaphambi aboshwe nga 1961.
Kwakhiwa njengencenye yahulumende eGoli nga 1945, indlu yemndeni wakaMandela bewusifulelo sesikotela, siyilo sasemende, likhishi lelibanti kanye nendlu yangasense lebeyingasemuva. Lelikamelo belilincane kangangobe umbhedze lolala babili bantfu bowutsatsa sonkhe lesikhala.
Ngemuva kwekukhululwa kwakhe nga 1990 wabuyela kuleyondlu emalanga lalishumi nakunye ngaphandi ahambe ayohlala endlini yakhe lese Houghton. Watsi aselapho wahlangana nebahlali bakhona lapho kanjalo nemindeni wase ukhuluma netintsatseli tangaphandle. Namuhla lenandlu ifana nemsamo wesive, igadvwe Litsemba Lesintfu eSoweto.
“Asiyifuni inkhululeko lengenasinkhwa, noma ngabe sifuna sinkhwa lesite inkhululeko.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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