A frail but high-spirited Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel waving to fans from the field before the FIFA World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain on July 11, 2010, at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, suburban Johannesburg. – AFP
Graca Machel was Nelson Mandela’s champion and companion right up to his death.
MANY South Africans will say they have lost their tata, as in father. But amid the outpouring of emotion in Johannesburg, South Africa, and around the world, it is easy to forget that there is a woman mourning her husband. Graca Machel married Nelson Mandela on his 80th birthday on July 18, 1998, providing an unexpected romantic epilogue to an epic life. She was to be his champion and companion in his twilight years and first witness to his inexorable decline.
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