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MaNgutyana had a forgiving heart. Sitting, hugging, and kissing a man who was hellbent on destroying her. A man that was part of an international campaign to discredit her! Paul Erasmus! #TheTrialsofWinnieMandela

@NjUhuruMapapu I was so uncomfortable watching that scene she really had a big heart.

@luphumlongcayis I was also sad that Zoleka wasn't featured. They were so close and I also experienced Mama Winnie mostly through Zoleka and her sharing her relationship with her grandma on social media. It would have added depth having Zoleka in the documentary

With my own limited and humble exposure to Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, I find myself listening for voices that are no longer here to speak; those of her daughter Zindzi Mandela and her granddaughter Zoleka Mandela. Their absence in this documentary leaves a gap. Like many, I am disappointed. What was presented as Mama Winnie telling her story in her own voice feels, instead felt like a narrowing of that voice. To reduce a life as expansive, as politically charged and as symbolically loaded as hers to the Stompie matter and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is, at best, incomplete. Yes, that chapter must be confronted, history demands honesty. However, when a singular narrative is repeatedly foregrounded, it begins to function less as reflection and more as framing. Sociologically, this is how complex figures are flattened through a selective emphasis that privileges scandal, controversy over context, and unbalanced individual moments over the broader political machinery within which those moments occurred. This documentary stripped away the conditions of apartheid brutality, the gendered nature of her persecution, and the burden she carried as both symbol and human being. Mama Winnie was not a footnote in the struggle. She was a central force within it. A woman who embodied defiance under a system designed to break both body and spirit. To tell her story responsibly requires a wider lens. A lens that holds contradiction, yes, but also honours scale, influence and historical positioning. Alas. For many of us who lived through those years and for those who have studied and understood them. No selective retelling will dislodge what we know to be true. She remains, unequivocally, one of the most recognisable faces and formidable forces of our liberation struggle. Long live Mama Winifred Nomzamo Nobandla Madikizela-Mandela. PS. Oh but I loved her Miranda Priestly moment “The little boys and girls of Lusaka” 🤣🤣🤣Be ku shoda nje u rha sies

@_ladytopaz @NeliMsomi He was a sellout

@SneHopeDiscern @NeliMsomi I also get that “hey white people. Look at us we’re not so bad cause we can also punish our own” type of vibe from him.

Who said sorry to Mam’ Winnie for what she had to endure, Desmond? #TheTrialsOfWinnieMandela

They called her 'Mother of the Nation' not because she was gentle but because she fought like a mother whose children were dying. No apology needed. That's Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

I barely see anyone talk about Lebanon and Palestine anymore. Southern Lebanon is in ruins. Palestine is in ruins. Please continue talking about them and spreading awareness about what’s happening.

@XhantiPayi One thing about her, out of many amazing things, she was intelligent, the vocabulary, top tier, she had depth

One thing about the Winnie Mandela doccie - it reveals how this woman had language! So expressive!

I'm on episode 7 of "The Trials of Winnie Mandela". MaNgutyana says, "I am one of those who want to be reminded of that painful past so that it doesn't happen to my grandchildren...dare I forget!" She forces us to face this history, to not look away. And to reduce it to 'complexity' actually does injustice to just how plainly unjust the system was. It is unjust to police how she played the hand she was dealt.

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Without a change of direction in the assumption of political responsibility, and without respect for institutions and international agreements, humanity's destiny risks being tragically compromised. God does not want this. His holy Name must not be profaned by the desire for domination, arrogance, or discrimination. Above all, it must never be invoked to justify death-dealing choices and actions.

I can’t attend my graduation because of financial constraints, lapho I will be graduating cum laude💔💔

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Remind everyone, ALL the time. @WearThePeaceCo

As parties to the Genocide Convention and the Geneva Conventions, all EU Member States are required to employ all reasonable means to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for humanitarian law. Continuing trade relations that contribute to or sustain an unlawful situation is incompatible with this obligation.

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The same people who want to convince you that 2+ years of dead children and entire cities raised to the ground do not prove there is a genocide in Gaza will tell you with a straight face that a 10+ yr old blurry video of white crosses prove there is a white genocide in SA

My heart is full hearing this beautiful choir at Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Kilamba, Angola. 🇦🇴

#Palestinian_Prisoner_Friday Nearly 10,000 men, women and children are held in Israeli prisons, a third without charge or trial. On April 17 each year, Palestinian Prisoner’s Day is commemorated to remember the plight of thousands of men, women and children held in Israeli prisons. This year’s remembrance is underscored by Israel’s new death penalty law, which solely targets Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. #ReleaseThemAll #FreeThemAll

The funders are actually secondary. They will never publicly say free Palestine because they are Zionists. They are Pro-apartheid and genocide. The funding is just icing on the cake.