Makgatho Lewanika Mandela (26 June 1950 – 6 January 2005) was the son of

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the ...

and his first wife

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. He is the father of

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. He died of

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on 6 January 2005 in

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Circumstances surrounding his death

His second wife Zondi died on 13 July 2003 at age 46. At first, her cause of death was given as

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; after Makgatho's death, his son from his previous marriage

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later announced that her pneumonia had been a complication of AIDS. 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

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, 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."

Family and legacy

He was married twice. His first wife was Rose Rayne Perry (later known as Nolusapho). His second wife was Zondi. He had four sons: Zwelivelile "Mandla" (1974),

(1982), Mbuso Mandela (1991) and Andile Mandela (1993). Makgatho Mandela is sometimes wrongly referred to as the older son of Nelson Mandela, but his brother Madiba Thembekile "Thembi" Mandela was born in 1945. Thembi was killed in a car crash in 1969. Due to Nelson Mandela having renounced his hereditary claim and Thembi's early death, Makgatho rose to become heir apparent to the

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that had once been held by Henry Mandela, Nelson's father. Upon his own death, his claim passed to his son Mandla, who eventually succeeded to the title.

References

External links

Guardian article on his deathBBC article on his death
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