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ANC: | African National Congress |
AZAPO: | Azanian People’s Organisation |
BOSS: | Bureau of State Security |
BPA: | Black Parents’ Association |
COSATU: | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
MCC: | Mandela Crisis Committee |
MDM: | Mass Democratic Movement |
MK: | Umkhonto we Sizwe, armed wing of the ANC |
MUFC: | Mandela United Football Club |
NDPP: | National Directorate of Public Prosecutions |
NEUM: | Non-European Unity Movement |
NUSAS: | National Union of South African Students |
PAC: | Pan Africanist Congress |
PFP: | Progressive Federal Party |
PTSD: | post-traumatic stress disorder |
SACP: | South African Communist Party |
SADF: | South African Defence Force |
SAP: | South African Police |
SASO: | South African Students’ Organisation |
SOYCO: | Soweto Youth Congress |
SSRC: | Soweto Students’ Representative Council |
TRC: | Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
UBC: | Urban Bantu Council |
UDF: | United Democratic Front |
Amandla!:
power
assegai:
spear
baas:
boss
iHlambo:
royal mourning ritual, requiring Zulu warriors to ‘wash’ their spears in enemy blood
impi:
regiment of Zulu warriors
inqubebe:
traditional soap made from herbs
inyanga:
witch doctor
isidwebe:
traditional cowhide skirt worn by Xhosa maidens
iziduko:
tribes or clans
kaffir:
derogatory term for blacks, now outlawed in South Africa as hate speech
karos:
blanket made from animal skins
kraal:
rural settlement or cattle pen
lobola:
bride price, traditionally paid by potential bridegroom to bride’s father in cattle
Mayibuye!:
it must return (political slogan as in
Mayibuye iAfrika! –
Africa must return)
meid:
derogatory term for a black woman
mfecane:
literally ‘the crushing’, used to describe bloody conquests of Zulu king, Shaka
mlungu:
white person
muntu:
black person
muti:
medicine or potion made up by witch doctor
Ngawethu!:
to the people (traditional response to ANC slogan
Amandla!)
rondavel:
traditional round dwelling with clay walls and thatched roof
shebeen:
illicit township beer house
tsotsis:
street thugs
ubuntu:
spirit of mutual support, caring for the well-being of others
uluzi:
indigenous grass used to weave traditional sleeping mats
umphokoqo:
traditional Xhosa dish of sour milk and coarse maize meal porridge
veld:
open country or grassland
Nelson and Winnie Mandela on their wedding day on 14 June 1958
With her daughters Zeni and Zindzi in 1975
Winnie and Reverend Buthelezi at the funeral of Hector Petersen, the first victim in the Soweto uprising
Winnie was exiled to the small Free State town of Brandfort, 400 kilometres away from her home in Soweto
At her home in Brandfort
Winnie and Zindzi
Winnie and others give the Black Power salute at a rally in 1985
Nelson and Winnie at home in Soweto in 1990
Winnie and TRC chairperson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Arriving late for a rally on 16 June 2001, Winnie greets President Thabo Mbeki, before he pushes her aside and knocks off her cap. The incident confirmed the sour relations between the two