Ngemuva kokuba umyeni kaGraca Machel, uSamora Machel, eshonile ngo-1986, uMandela wabhala incwadi ethi: "Usuku lonke sizokulila isosha elinamandla, indoda enesibindi, umbusi ohloniphekile. Kufanele sikholwe ukuthi ukufa kwakhe kuzokuqinisa ukuzimisela kwethu ekugcineni sikhululeke. ... Umzabalazo wethu ubuhlangene futhi sizobe sinqoba ndawonye. "
Ngemuva kokuhlukaniswa kwakhe, ngo-1996, kusukela ku mama uWinnie Mandela, uNelson Mandela waqala ukushela uMachel. Bobabili bakhathazekile ngokuthi amazwe abo angakuvumeli umlingani wangaphandle, kodwa nokho bashada ngosuku lokuzalwa luka Mandela lapho egubha iminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili yokuzalwa ngo-1998.
Isithombe sibonisa lapha uMadiba noMachel ngemuva kwengxenye yokuqala yomshado wabo wesiko lwamaXhosa.
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