'Ngalobo busuku ngabuyela noWinnie kuNombolo 8115 e-Orlando West. Yingaleso sikhathi kuphela engangisazi enhliziyweni yami ukuthi ngiphume ejele.Kimi. unombolo -8115 kwakuyi phakathi nqo yesizwe sami, indawo ekhonjiswe ngo-X engqondweni yami. '
UNelson Mandela wathuthela e-Orlando West ngo-1946 lapho eshada nomkakhe wokuqala u-Evelyn Ntoko Mase. Bahlukanisa iminyaka eyishumi nanye kamuva. Ngo-1958 umkakhe wesibili uWinnie Madikizela wangena, kodwa wahlala lapha iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuboshwa ngo-1961.
Eyakhelwe njengengxenye yethenda likahulumeni eGoli ngo-1945, indlu yomndeni kaMandela yayinophahla lwethini, iphansi yasimende, ikhishi elincane kanye nendlu yangasese emuva kwegceke. Ikamelo lokulala lalincane kakhulu kangangokuthi umbhede wabantu ababili wawuthatha cishe indawo yonke.
Ngemva kokukhishwa kwakhe ngo-1990 wabuyela ekhaya izinsuku eziyi shumi nanye ngaphambi kokuthuthela endlini ese-Houghton. Ngesikhathi lapho ehlangane nabahlali bendawo kanye nomndeni futhi bebhekene nokukhatha kwabalobi bendaba bangaphandle. Namuhla le ndlu iyindawo yamagugu omphakathi, ephethwe yiSoweto Heritage Trust.
“Asiyifuni inkululeko ngaphandle kwesinkwa, nesinkwa asisifuni ngaphandle kwenkululeko. ~Nelson Mandela