The producer of the controversial documentary on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela‚ Pascale Lamche‚ says the media briefing held by former minister of safety and security Sydney Mufamadi has vindicated her. Speaking at a briefing in Parktown on Monday, former minister of safety and security Sydney Mufamadi said he was never afforded an opportunity to state his side of the story in the controversial documentary. He said he had waited for the mourning period to end in order to speak out. Mufamadi said since the documentary had been aired on television‚ he had received a number of calls from people in the country and outside‚ wanting him to explain what was contained in the film. He said no one had called him to get his side of the story on the allegations made in the documentary. “You have five chilling revelations about people who are still alive but you don’t think they have a right [to reply]‚” Mufamadi said. The award-winning documentary aired after Madikizela-Mandela’s recent death‚ spar...
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