The house where mandela lived

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela stepped into the front door of her tiny house at 8115 Vilakazi Street in Orlando West and re-lived some painful memories...

The Mandela House has been restored at a cost of £650,000 and re-opened to the public. Madikizela-Mandela, her two daughters Zinzi and Zenani, and family members were present at the re-opening.

Nelson Mandela moved into the house in 1946 with his first wife, Evelyn Mase, and in 1958 brought his second wife, Winnie, to live in the house with him. He returned briefly to live in the house on his release from prison in 1990.

He said in Long Walk to Freedom, "It was only then that I knew in my heart that I had left prison."

Source: www.southafrica.info