Zindzi Mandela passed away on the 51st anniversary of the death of her half brother, Thembekile.July 13 is already a painful day for the family of the late former president Nelson Mandela.
As the Mandela family mourned the passing of Zindziswa Mandela on Monday, the Nelson Mandela Foundation revealed that it was also on this day that Nelson Mandela's son Thembekile died back in 1969. Thembekile was 24 years old when he died in a car accident in Cape Town. He was the father of two daughters, Mandela had already been imprisoned on Robben Island when Thembi died and was denied permission to attend the funeral.
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