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Special Report Transcript Episode 79, Section 3, Time 20:11From the former ‘groot krokodil’ to the former ‘mother of the nation.’ Last year South Africa was riveted by the evidence that emerged in the Truth Commission’s hearings into the activities of Winnie Mandela’s Mandela United Football Club in Soweto during the 1980s. This week, a second round of hearings relating to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela took place. This time the Commission wanted to establish what the relationship was between the Soweto security police and Madikizela-Mandela. But let’s take the story from the beginning. Notes: Max du Preez The MUFC was established in late 1986 when Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was instrumental in resolving an internal conflict in the Soweto Youth Congress. Youths involved in the conflict set up the football club and moved into the outbuildings of the Mandela home in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg, ... |