UGraca Machel, umkakhe ka Mandela wesithathu uhloniphe uWinnie Mandela ngokuthi "owesifazane onesibindi nomthombo wokuphefumula kubo bonke" uMachel wanikeza amazwi okubonga ngokubhalela “udadewabo omkhulu '' futhi wathi wehluleka ukuvuma kwakhe .
'' Ngiyaduduzeka ngoba uvukile waba enye yezinkanyezi eziqhakazile esibhakabhakeni lapho uzohlala ukhona futhi ukhanya ngokukhanya. Uzoqhubeka ukhonza njengesiqondiso emndenini wakho onothando, isizwe sakho esibonga, i-Afrika yethu ethandekayo, futhi ngempela, umhlaba, ''
Laba bobabili bazwana kakhulu, futhi bahlala bekhuluma ngoNelson Mandela ngokuthi "umyeni wethu" Bobabili babekhona lapho embhedeni wakhe wokufa.
“Angizange nakanye ngicabange ukuthi ikusasa engangihamba ngibheke kulo liyoke liqhathaniswe nezolo engalishiya ngemuva.” ~Nelson Mandela