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Winnie Mandella dies

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JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 2 Apr 2018 22:04

Her family mourn her
But some people remember a darker side of her life

May she RIP

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 3 Apr 2018 00:09

I hope she rots in hell personally.

Researching:
Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 3 Apr 2018 00:28

Yes, I'm not too sure about how I feel about her.
Was she a victim, or perpetrator?

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 3 Apr 2018 06:57

A bit of both, I think, Maggie. She fell into some very bad company.

Hope she found peace in the end.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Bunnyboo

Bunnyboo Report 3 Apr 2018 10:51

I think she WAS the bad company. A more vicious person would be hard to find!

Sharron

Sharron Report 3 Apr 2018 10:51

We have the luck to not know how it feels to be victims of apartheid or to have a husband unjustly incarcerated for such a long time.

Maybe we would have made the same choices.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 3 Apr 2018 11:34

She was responsible for some dreadful violence perpetrated by her followers but she and they had been subjected to dreadful violence as well under a despicable regime.

I don't excuse what she did, it was dreadful.

It just goes to show what an amazing man her husband was to bring peace to such a violent country.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Bunnyboo

Bunnyboo Report 3 Apr 2018 12:19

Her husband suffered appallingly, and behaved with utmost dignity and conciliation. What a fantastic man. Winnie, after the end of apartheid behaved atrociously. No wonder Mandela divorced and distanced himself from her.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 3 Apr 2018 12:57

I think the best thing Nelson did was ditch her
But there again didn't he also ditched his first wife to

I still for all her crimes hope she rests in peace :-(

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Dermot

Dermot Report 3 Apr 2018 15:04

Where you stand determines what you see.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 4 Apr 2018 01:19

I've never been a victim of apartheid, but have been a victim of racial abuse, through 'mistaken identity'.
Apartheid is a thousand + times worse than racial abuse - and a person can't change the colour of their skin, or move from where they live.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842