Nelson Mandela Foundation

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Nelson Mandela’s autobiography has been reworked and among the corrections are details about where his convoy detoured on the day he was set free.

Mandela originally wrote in Long Walk to Freedom that his convoy stopped at the house of deceased justice minister Dullah Omar.

The record has now been set straight: they had stopped at the house of ANC activist Saleem Mowzer.

In an article published on 27 December 2014 in the Weekend Argus Saturday Edition, journalist Yazeed Kamaldien shares an exclusive interview with Mowzer that recalls the events of 10 February 1990.

Click to read the article online on Kamaldien’s blog

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