Ngemva kokukhululwa kwakhe ejele ngo-1990, uNelson Mandela wabuyela endlini yakhe eSoweto.
I-Soweto yilokis laseGoli eGauteng, eNingizimu Afrika, emngceleni webhande lezimayini eningizimu. Igama layo yisifinyezo sesiNgisi-SOuth WEstern TOwnships. UNelson Mandela wathuthela lapha ngo-1946 nomkakhe wokuqala u-Evelyn Ntoko Mase. Ngesikhathi behlukanisa ngo-1957, wangena endlini yakhe nomkakhe wesibili, uWinnie Madikizela ngo-1958. Wachitha isikhathi esincane lapha njengoba indima yakhe emisebenzini yomzabalazo yaba yingozi kakhulu futhi waphoqelelwa azifihle ngo-1961. Wahlala egijima waze waboshwa futhi waboshwa ngo-1962.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwakhe ejele ngo-1990 uNelson Mandela wabuyela ekhaya lakhe eSoweto okwensuku eziyishumi nanye kuphela wabe esehamba e-Houghton, edolobheni laseGoli.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwakhe, wachitha isikhathi ehlangana nabahlali baseSoweto, abaningi bemkhumbula yena nomndeni wakhe kusukela lapho ehlala khona. Omunye umuntu, ngemuva kokuhlangana noMandela, wathi: "Kwakunjengokubona izulu ngamehlo ami, kwakuyiphupho eligcwaliseka ukumhlangabeza. Ngathinta isandla futhi angizange ngageza amaviki amabili.
“Okunqoba ubumpofu akusikho nje ukuthokoza ngokunikela, kuyisenzo sobulungiswa.”~Nelson Mandela