UNelson Mandela unamadodana amabili nomkakhe wokuqala, u-Evelyn Mase. Indodana yakhe endala, uThembi, washonela engozini yemoto ngo-1969. Indodana yakhe enye, uMakgatho, yafa ngengculaza ngo-2005. Wayengummeli futhi wayenabantwana abane.
Ngemuva kokushona kukaMakgatho, uMadiba wenza isimemezelo somphakathi sokuthi indodana yakhe ibhekene ne-HIV / Aids eyabangela ushintsho oluhle njengoba kukhanya okuningi kukhishwa igciwane elibulalayo.
UMadiba uthe: "Masikhiphe isandulela nggengculazi futhi singayifihli, ngoba indlela yodwa yokwenza ukuthi ibonakale njengesifo esivamile njengesifo sofuba, njengomdlavuza, ihlale iphuma futhi ithi umuntu ufile ngenxa ye-HIV / AIDS , futhi abantu bayomisa ngokuphathelene nakho njengento engavamile. " Wabe eseqala imikhankaso eminingi ye-HIV / Aids njengesisekelo se-46664, esagxile "emisebenzini exhasa eNingizimu Afrika lapho izidingo zalabo abathintekayo yi-HIV / AIDS njengamanje zikhulu kakhulu."
Isithombe sikhombisa uMandela nomkakhe wesithathu uGraca Machel emngcwabeni waMakgatho, owawuseQunu e-Eastern Cape yaseNingizimu Afrika.
“Kwakuphakathi kwaleyo minyaka emide nginomzwangedwa lapho ukulambela kwami inkululeko kwaba ngukulambela inkululeko yabo bonke.” ~Nelson Mandela