I refer to your editorial, which was a commendable effort to try and insert some equanimity into the orgy of debate about the history and role of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Framed from the grave, April 17). Clearly, there is a huge division in SA as to her activities, and whether this reporter or that former National Party spy was active in distorting the narrative. But some things are irrefutable. Carefully reading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC’s) report and, more importantly, the testimony given by witnesses, will reveal certain facts that give clarity to some important matters. Certainly, the security police monitored Madikizela-Mandela’s movements and her activities, nefarious or otherwise, and they tapped her phone in Soweto the night she was purportedly in Brandfort, as declared by her defence advocate, George Bizos. This was an important night because it was the night Stompie Sepei was almost killed. He was badly beaten and brain damaged and in need of medica...
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