Graca Machel and Nelson Mandela Marriage Profile -
Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel on August 29, 07 in London, England. Photo: Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images
For Nelson Mandela, the third time was the charm of his marriage to Graca Machel. Graca is not only the first African woman to become a British lady, she is the only woman to hold the title of "first lady" to two presidents of two different African countries. Here is information on their marriage
News Updates :.
11/06/2010: great-granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, Zenani Mandela, died in a car accident. She was 13 and on his way home after attending the football tournament Concert launch of the World Cup in Soweto
Born :.
Nelson Mandela aka Rolihlahla Mandela Dalibhunga July 18, 1918 in the province of Transkei, South Africa
Graca Machel Simbine :. 17. October 1945 at Incadine, Gaza, Mozambique
Death
Nelson: December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela died at age 95
Wedding Date
Nelson and Graca were married July 18, 1998, his eightieth birthday, in the presence of family, friends sixteen, and a photographer.
"They married in the new house [in Houghton] Mandela in an open shirt or patterned Graca wearing a long white dress with wide sleeves puffed Elizabethan style. They were blessed in advance by the Rabbi, and also by the Muslim Sheikh Nazim Mohammed and Hindu Ms. Nanachene they were married by a Methodist bishop, Myume Dandala. - because they had both been raised as Methodists. - attended by Desmond Tutu .. " Source: Anthony Sampson. Mandela: The Authorized Biography . 00. p. 543.
The wedding reception for Nelson and Graca was combined with Nelson's birthday party at the Gallagher Convention Centre.
There were 00 guests including Michael Jackson, Danny Glover, and Stevie Wonder
Nelson and Graca our honeymoon in Argentina and Brazil, and later had a private honeymoon in Qunu
children ...
Nelson had four kids with Evelyn Mase
Madiba Thembekile (Thembi) Mandela :. Born in 1946. Thembi died in July 1969 in a car accident
Makaziwe Mandela I: Born in 1947. She died in 1948 after 9 months.
Makgatho Lewanika Mandela: Born in 1950. Makgatho was a lawyer. He died of AIDS in January 05.
Makaziwe Mandela II: Born in 1953.
Nelson: "In our culture, to give another child the name of a child is deceased. considered as a way to honor the child's memory earlier and retaining a mystical attachment to the child who left too soon " . Source: Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela . Paperback edition 1995. p. 206.
Nelson had two children with Winnie Madikizela
:. Zenani Mandela Born around. 1959. Zenani married Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini in 1973. they reside in Boston
:. Zindziswa Mandela Born in 1960.
Graca has two children, daughter and son Jozina Malnga. She is stepmother to five children from her first husband
Professions :.
Nelson: the former president of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, lawyer, former president of the African National Congress, author, speaker, and anti-apartheid activist [
:. Graca President of the national Organization of children of Mozambique, President of the Foundation for Community development, Ministry of Education and Culture in Mozambique, lawyer, child advocate, guerrilla trained and professor school
Residence :.
Nelson and Graca live in rural South Africa
previous marriages:
Nelson had two previous marriages.
"Evelyn Mandela gave her husband an ultimatum to choose between her or the ANC is also stranded on rumors that Mandela has relationships with other women. in December, while Mandela was imprisoned for two weeks, she moves out of their home. he finds the house empty when it is released on bail. "Source ... "the South African history online SAHistory.org.za 06/1955
Evelyn Mase: Evelyn was born in 1922 in Transkei, South Africa Evelyn was a student nursing living in Johannesburg. at the time of their marriage. Nelson and Evelyn were married July 15, 1944 in a civil ceremony in the courtyard of the native commissioner in Johannesburg. the marriage ended in 1957 because of irreconcilable differences. Evelyn married at the age of seventy-seven. She . died in 04 at age 82 of respiratory disease She was buried in Johannesburg Nelson and Graca attended his funeral, and Winnie
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela: .. Winnie, a worker social, and Nelson met during his trial for treason. They were married June 14, 1958 in Bizana. Their wedding in a local church was attended by a few close friends and family, followed by a party later at the house of the elder brother of Winnie. Winnie and Nelson did not have a honeymoon The couple separated in April 1992 and later divorced in March 1996.
Source: PBS.org ..
[1945028"NelsonletterstoWinnie"] Graca had been married to the former president of Mozambique, Samora Machel. They married in September 1975. Their marriage lasted until his death in a plane crash on October 19, 1986.
