Makgatho Mandela
| Makgatho Mandela | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
26 June 1950 South Africa |
| Died |
6 January 2005 (aged 54) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Children | Mandla Mandela |
| Parent(s) |
Nelson Mandela Evelyn Mase |
| Relatives | Makaziwe Mandela (sister) |
Makgatho Lewanika Mandela (26 June 1950 – 6 January 2005) was the son of Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Mase. He was an attorney, widowed with four sons. He died of AIDS on 6 January 2005 in Johannesburg.[1]
His second wife Zondi died on 13 July 2003 at age 46. At first, her cause of death was given as pneumonia; after Makgatho's death, their son Mandla later announced that her pneumonia had been a complication of AIDS.[2]
When Nelson Mandela announced the cause of his son's death, he said: "Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like tuberculosis, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of HIV/AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary."[3]
Makgatho Mandela is sometimes wrongly referred to as the older son of Nelson Mandela, but his brother Madiba Thembekile Mandela (Thembi) was born in 1945. Thembi was killed in a motorcycle crash in 1969.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Timberg, Craig (7 January 2005). "Mandela Says AIDS Led to Death of Son". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ↑ Beresford, David (16 January 2006). "Mandela family united by grief and fight against Aids". The Observer. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
- ↑ Wines, Michael (6 January 2005). "Breaking Taboo, Mandela Reveals Son Died of AIDS". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ↑ "Genealogy". Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Nelson Mandela Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Honouring Thembekile Mandela". Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Nelson Mandela Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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