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FUTURE PRESIDENT? DA leader Mmusi Maimane. (Deon Raath, Netwerk24)
FUTURE PRESIDENT? DA leader Mmusi Maimane. (Deon Raath, Netwerk24)

I recently watched Darrell Roodt’s movie on Winnie Mandela. The story starts in 1953, three years before I was born.

It’s a poignant tale about a complex, brave and ultimately flawed woman. It captivated me, mainly because it is about a history that was familiar to me – on almost every level – political, familial and more.

What struck me, as I watched the film, in this post-Nelson Mandela era in which the ANC of both Nelson and Winnie is imploding, is how hard it has become, for many people – mainly black – whose lives and consciousness were shaped by those events, to break with the liberation movement, no matter how tainted by corruption and failure it has become.

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