Madikizela-Mandela’s Free State home to become a museum — so it’s said
As it stands‚ house number 802, with its dilapidated walls‚ peeling paint and broken windows, reflects the horrible times experienced by struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Brandfort in the Free State. In an interview with TV host Felicia Mabuza-Suttle several years ago‚ Madikizela-Mandela said her years of banishment at Brandfort were among the worst she endured during the struggle. "There were so many [bad moments]. Those were very difficult times. Perhaps a person like myself would single out the banishment to Brandfort. The separation from my children and what the security branch did almost every time my children were coming back from boarding school‚" Madikizela-Mandela said‚ listing her moments of turmoil. Today the house remains an empty shell despite a government promise years ago to invest millions and convert it into a museum. In February‚ a poorly attended meeting between Parliament’s select committee on recreation and education‚ the Department of Arts and Cult...
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