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18
July
1998

Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday

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Biography 📅 18 July 1998 📍 South Africa

Mandela and Mozambican educator and liberation figure Graça Machel married in a private ceremony in Johannesburg. Their partnership brought together two lives shaped by southern African liberation struggles and public service. Machel later worked alongside him in advocacy and philanthropy, while keeping her own political and humanitarian record.

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Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela

Graça Machel

Mozambique

South Africa