Spoetnik
06-01-05, 14:44
Nelson Mandela's only son dies of AIDS
By Jenny Booth, Times Online
Nelson Mandela's only surviving son has died in hospital in South Africa after a battle with AIDS.
Makgatho Mandela, 54, was admitted to Linksfield Park clinic in Johannesburg late last year in a critical condition. His father, the former South Africa president, has cancelled several engagements in the past month to stay close to his ailing son.
The death is expected to come as a huge blow to the 86-year-old statesman, who has suffered a string of personal losses.
Mr Mandela's other son, Madiba Thembekile, was killed in a car crash in 1969 while the future president was serving 27 years in prison for trying to end white rule in South Africa. The apartheid government banned him from attending the funeral.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1428106,00.html
By Jenny Booth, Times Online
Nelson Mandela's only surviving son has died in hospital in South Africa after a battle with AIDS.
Makgatho Mandela, 54, was admitted to Linksfield Park clinic in Johannesburg late last year in a critical condition. His father, the former South Africa president, has cancelled several engagements in the past month to stay close to his ailing son.
The death is expected to come as a huge blow to the 86-year-old statesman, who has suffered a string of personal losses.
Mr Mandela's other son, Madiba Thembekile, was killed in a car crash in 1969 while the future president was serving 27 years in prison for trying to end white rule in South Africa. The apartheid government banned him from attending the funeral.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1428106,00.html