A motion by the EFF to change the name of the #Cape_Town International Airport to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was defeated by 224 votes against the EFF’s 25. Six members of Parliament abstained.
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Winnie
Pasionaria en Afrique du Sud de la lutte antiapartheid, « Winnie », ex-épouse controversée de l’icône #Nelson_Mandela, a inextricablement lié son destin à celui de son pays. Un portrait documenté de la figure emblématique des townships, décédée à l’âge de 81 ans, le 2 avril 2018.
Un beau visage sous un chapeau cloche, #Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela, jeune assistante sociale née dans un village du Transkei, a 25 ans lorsque son mari, Nelson Mandela, est arrêté en 1962 à la suite d’une campagne de sabotage de l’#ANC, puis condamné à perpétuité : « Nous nous connaissions à peine. » Militante au puissant charisme et à la détermination sans faille, la pasionaria va alors mener la lutte antiapartheid en Afrique du Sud et maintenir haut la flamme de la résistance, récoltant des fonds pour les prisonniers et orchestrant sans relâche la mobilisation. Cible du régime, espionnée et maintes fois arrêtée, cette mère de deux petites filles, qui jamais ne désarme, est bientôt accusée d’avoir provoqué la vague de violence qui submerge le pays en 1976. Assignée à résidence à #Brandfort – « un tombeau vivant » –, l’opposante, courtisée par les médias internationaux, assume d’être prête à tuer pour la liberté. Ne craignant rien ni personne, Winnie, qui recrute avec #Chris_Hani et #Oliver_Tambo les soldats d’#Umkhonto_we_Sizwe, la branche militaire du #Congrès_national_africain, joue aussi les courroies de transmission entre le terrain et le prisonnier légendaire dont le monde entier exige la libération. Mais tandis que, dans les années 1980, le pouvoir engage des négociations secrètes avec Mandela en vue de sa libération, le régime s’acharne à discréditer son épouse, figure emblématique des #townships, qui comprend mieux que personne les aspirations de la jeunesse et ne cesse de fustiger le capitalisme.
Le saint et la pécheresse
Entrelaçant archives et témoignages précieux, dont le sien et celui de sa fille Zindzi, ce portrait dense et très documenté éclaire le rôle majeur – et souvent sous-estimé – de cette militante engagée en première ligne dans la lutte antiapartheid. Il montre surtout comment le régime sud-africain s’est ingénié à opposer « le saint » Nelson Mandela à la « pécheresse » Winnie, redoutée pour son intransigeance, jusqu’à leur séparation et sa diabolisation. Mais si le film la réhabilite politiquement, il n’occulte pas pour autant les zones d’ombre de cette flamboyante personnalité, accusée d’avoir commandité l’assassinat du jeune #Stompie_Seipei_Moketsi, 14 ans. Au travers du parcours de cette femme insoumise, dont la popularité n’a jamais faibli dans son pays, une subtile réflexion sur l’histoire récente tourmentée de l’Afrique du Sud.
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#WinnieMandela: Remembering Nomzamo, the girl from Bizana
So who was Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, and what shaped her?
She was born on 26 September 1936, the last in a family of four daughters in a part of South Africa – the Eastern Cape – that had already experienced several waves of subjugation, some more effective than others.
Forty years earlier the Glen Grey Act had been passed which led to the annexation of the Transkei and Pondolond under the control of the Cape Colony. It was the culmination of several attempts to seize the rich agricultural land of the Eastern Cape over more than 100 years.
The draconian measures put in place by the colonial state to bring the region under control were not completely successful. The indomitable spirit of resistance forged over centuries of conflict made it impossible to fully subjugate the people of this region.
By the time the Union of South Africa was established in 1910 it became clear that more controls were needed to smash resistance to land appropriation by white settlers. In 1913 the Union state passed the inhuman Natives Land Act. With this act, the South African state prohibited Africans from owning and renting land in 93% of the country. It laid the groundwork for massive segregation.
The various waves of subjugation from colonial wars, skirmishes and laws, missionaries, encroachments of settlers and the mass expropriation of land meant that even the lush bountiful valleys of the Transkei were made poor. Men were then forced into migrant labour on the golden reefs of Witwatersrand.
Madikizela was born into this contested space and into a family of accomplished women who encouraged open questioning about oppression.
Africa’s First Lady
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Barack and #Michelle_Obama have barely left the stage — it’s been a month — and already the U.S. press are gripped by nostalgia. In an era of ubiquitous images, no matter where you live in the world, the scenes of their kisses and hugs, their loving gazes and their fist bumps, are inescapable. Even…
#ESSAYS #First_Ladies #Leadership #Presidency #South_Africa #The_Mandelas #The_Obamas #Winnie_Mandela
What it is to be #Winnie_Mandela
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I just finished reading a fascinating appetizer to #John_Carlin’s new book on #NELSON_MANDELA, Knowing Mandela, and it set me wondering what might be the place of solitude in the narration of South African #history. Some of the details of the failure of Nelson’s marriage to Winnie are public knowledge while others are revealed for […]
#BOOKS #Dali_Mpofu #gender #Knowing_Mandela #Nelson_Mandela #South_Africa
#Winnie_Mandela and the narration of South African #history
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I just finished reading a fascinating appetizer to #John_Carlin’s new book on #NELSON_MANDELA, Knowing Mandela, and it set me wondering what might be the place of solitude in the narration of South African history. Some of the details of the failure of Nelson’s marriage to Winnie are public knowledge while others are revealed for […]
#BOOKS #Dali_Mpofu #gender #Knowing_Mandela #Nelson_Mandela #South_Africa
#Winnie_Mandela on the South African exceptionalism embodied by #Nelson_Mandela
▻http://africasacountry.com/winnie-mandela-on-the-south-african-exceptionalism-embodied-by-nels
Mandela was extricated from the masses. He was made an idol, almost Jesus Christ! This is nonsense, a lot of nonsense. The freedom of this country was attained by the masses of this country. It was attained by the children who gave their lives in 1976, who faced machine guns with stones and dustbin lids. It was attained by women who were left to fend for their families. They fought the enemy! We are the ones who fought the enemy physically, who went out to face their bullets. The leaders were cushioned behind bars. They don’t know. They never engaged the enemy on the battlefield ...
No wonder #Winnie_Mandela objected to this
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Remember when #Darrell_Roodt’s “Winnie” first premiered in 2011 at Toronto #FILM Festival, and tanked? At the time Winnie Mandela herself declared that she didn’t like the film (unfortunately you have to watch Nadia Bilchik deliver this news)–she wasn’t consulted–and threatened to sue the producers. But Mandela needn’t have bothered. The lead actors, #Terrance_Howard and Jennifer […]
Long Walk to #Toronto
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It is a warm and breezy Sunday afternoon in Toronto, just the kind of weather that makes us question whether we should be going into a dark movie house to catch one the “hottest” screenings at this year’s international #FILM fest, or hanging a left to a sunny outdoor patio to quench our thirst with a cold […]
#MEDIA #NELSON_MANDELA #Justin_Chadwick #Mandela:_Long_Walk_to_Freedom #Nelson_Mandela #Sharpeville #Steve_Biko #Walter_Sisulu #Winnie_Mandela