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Winnie Mandela unleashes attack, again, on Nelson Mandela
Report by Sakhile Modise
Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston
Tuesday 9 March 2010: South Africa’s controversial ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela, Winnie has rebuked him for (allegedly) neglecting the poor and coming out of prison a changed person.
His former wife of 38 years, bitterly lashed out at him for, (in her views during an interview), betraying South Africa’s Black population and claiming that the “name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family”. She said she will never forgive Mandela.
Winnie Mandela, 73, was never first lady of South Africa because she and her husband divorced two years before he became president. The two divorced in 1996.
Winnie said the world should “realise that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others, hundreds who languished in prison and died”.
She claimed that the sacrifices of Steve Biko and others in the fight against apartheid were being overlooked.
Winnie accused the now frail Mandela for “failing to help the poor, instead becoming a corporate foundation who only ever appeared in public to raise money for the ANC political party”.
Winnie added, “Mandela did go to prison and he went in there as a young revolutionary but look what came out. Mandela let us down. He agreed to a bad deal for the Blacks…. Economically we are still on the outside. The economy is very much ’white’. It has a few token blacks, but so many who gave their life in the struggle have died unrewarded.”
“I cannot forgive him for going to receive the Nobel with his jailer de Klerk. Hand in hand they went. Do you think de Klerk released him from the goodness of his heart?” She asked.
She made the remarks during an interview with a British publication. Mandela’s former wife became notorious in 1991 when she was jailed for six years for the kidnap of Stompie Moeketsi – a sentence that was later reduced to a fine. Stompie, 14, had been murdered three years earlier by members of her bodyguard team.
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Winnie praised Nelson Mandela only a few weeks ago and now viciously attacks him!
Disrespecting and lying and distorting Nelson Mandela's record the way she has done is simply whack!!
Awful and terrible
Ramota Raimah
She's insane. And sadly, she's still powerful in South Africa, especially amongst those unfortunate Black South Africans who are not enjoying the luxurious and corrupt life of the "Black Elite" who drive their imported cars, smoke their cigars, and wear $1,000 shoes while their brethren are starving.
Insane and powerful. A dangerous combination. Someone put her in jail for her crimes and hatred, while we honour Nelson Mandela for his humble leadership and desire for peace.
Winnie Mandela should have been the one to receive the Nobel prize, Mr Mandela with all due respect to him, should have at least marched with her to receive it. If it wasn't for Winnie the movement would have been jailed with Mr Mandela and South Africa would never have seen independence. She lead the struggle, she made the world aware of the struggle, she was everything for ANC once he was jailed. She deserves the acknowledgment of the Nobel prize committee. Winnie , will always be our hero, hero for all women and men leading a struggle against oppression. GO WINNIE, LONG LIVE WINNIE MANDELA.