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Mandela's Ex-Wife Says He Let Down S. Africa's Blacks

By Theunis BatesMar 10th 2010 – 6:53PM
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(March 10) -- Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has launched a scathing attack on the former South African president, accusing the 92-year-old of betraying the anti-apartheid movement he once fronted. During an interview with London's Evening Standard newspaper, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela berated her former husband for being...

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