[OPINION] Brandfort heritage for Winnie, a dream not deferred
By Unathi Sonwabile Henama May the spirit of Mama Winnie Mandela Rest in Peace. The apartheid government banished Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to the rural Free State town of Brandfort. The banishment to Brandfort was not a historical coincidence, but a deliberate act of apartheid. Brandfort is where the architect of apartheid, HF Verwoerd, attended school for several years. This was a deliberate attempt to crush her spirit and the apartheid government was […]