Ngemva nje kokuba uNelson Mandela akhululwe ejele, uMandela wahlangana noGraca Machel, ongumfelokazi womengameli wangaphambili waseMozambique, uSamora Machel, kamuva emkhumbula ngokuthi "owesifazane othakazelisayo kakhulu nobuntu obunzima".
Lezi zithandani zanquma ukushada ngosuku lokuzalwa lukaNelson Mandela, ngo-18 Julayi 1998, futhi zamema izivakashi ezingu-2 000 zomhlaba wonke. Bashada ekhaya elihle lika Nelson e-Houghton, eGoli.
"Angikwazi ukuchaza injabulo yami ukuthola uthando nokufudumala kwalowo wesifazane othobekile onomusa ," kusho uMandela ngaleso sikhathi. "Kunginika induduzo engangakholeki nokwaneliseka ukwazi ukuthi kukhona [umuntu] endaweni ethile engingayethemba ngaye, ikakhulukazi ezindabeni lapho abangani bami bezombusazwe abangenakukwazi ukunginika khona."
UMachel uneminyaka engamashumi amabili nasikhombisa engaphansi kukaMandela futhi nguye kuphela owesimame emhlabeni owashada omongameli bamazwe amabili. Ngaphambi kokushada noNelson Mandela, uGraca Machel wayenabantwana ababili: uJosina noMalengani futhi beshadile noSamora Machel, uMongameli wokuqala waseMozambique, ngo-1957. USamora Machel washonela endizeni yaseNingizimu Afrika ngo-1986.
“Ngafunda ukuthi isibindi akukhona ukungabi nokwesaba, kodwa ukukunqoba. Indoda eliqhawe akusiyo engakuzwa ukwesaba, kodwa ngenqoba lokho kwesaba.”~Nelson Mandela
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