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1
October
1970

Mandela welcomes Winnie’s release in a letter

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Biography 📅 1 October 1970 📍 South Africa

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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Nelson Mandela

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Mandela family

African National Congress

Robben Island Prison