After Winnie’s release from prison, Mandela wrote to her welcoming the news and calling the moment a respite. Her release ended more than a year of imprisonment but not the restrictions and surveillance that continued to shape her life. The letter shows the family’s relief while underscoring how the apartheid state’s detention policies repeatedly disrupted family and political organizing.
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