Doing Life with MANDELA, MY PRISONER, MY FRIEND, by Christo Brand (Mandela prison warder at Robben Island) with Barbara Jones. On Winnie Mandela visit to Robben Island (and Mandela wanting to see the child brought by WINNIE and NOT allowed to do so by prison rules) ...I told. (Prison Warder : Mr Brand): Mrs Mandela, you must leave the baby with other visitors in the waiting room while you see your husband... so she went into the visitors booth alone ... I sat behind Mandela, listening into their conversation on the warders phone, I saw his face as she told him that she had brought their four month old granddaughter Zoleka... ...Mandela looked at me and said Please, Mr Brand...is it possible to see the baby? Please let me see this little child... I told him it was impossible... ...Mandela asked again, saying perhaps he could watch as his wife left carrying the child. We said, NO, impossible....It was a flesh-and-blood moment when your heart told you it was only human to find a way around cruelty... ...at the end of the visit I told Mandela to stay in the visiting booth and would call his wife back so he could ask her to apply for a Christmas visit permit, I knew the microphones were off, so I went around to Winnie in the waiting room... She took R200 in cash out of her hand bag, a small fortune and much more than my monthly salary. She said Please sir, Mr Brabd, let my husband see the baby for a few second. I told her : Maam, I cannot take your money. Please put it away... This is the bad situtation for both of us but you have to realise, I cannot help you, I am sorry... WHAT finally happend mfundi in this visit of Winnie Mandela in Robben Island, indeed, it was tough?
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 05:34:30 +0000
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