when nelson mandela was in prison winnie mandela was banned and harassed by police. she looks so different. i understand it. i understand what an emotional fall this has been. i understand with all of the world media wanting comment to focus the mind. >> i am told by people with her that she has not stopped crying since he passed away. it is just that dramatic. none of us could get inside her head. it has been a long struggle. and look at that. that's what i'm talking about. that is the family that has been embracing one another throughout this period of mandela's illness. it is just an amazing sight. >> lester, tell us about the arrival of the guests within the stadium. >> reporter: it has been interesting because they are selectively showing some of what you are seeing on the jumbo tron. when we first saw winnie mandela i heard applause and also some cheers it sounded like.

still now ramposa -- this is winnie mandela about to go in now. a huge cheer coming up here. >> it cannot be overstated the importance she was to mandela and what -- now the crowd is seeing. listen in to the response she is getti getting. >> some of them are chanting winnie, winnie. >> many say there would not be a nelson mandela without winnie mandela. >> absolutely. he was silent for 27 years and she took on the mantle and she was also jailed but she kept on going and apartheid regime knew they could get to her. she was brutalized by the apartheid even more so because they knew that would hurt mandela. now here is mandela's widow, graca. the only one to be married to two head of state. she was married to the president that was killed in a plane crash. this has been extraordinarily hard for all of these women and she does look very pained. he has been very sick the last six months. particularly we were told she was at his bedside particularly at hospital in pretoria every night. sometimes sleeping in a hospital bed next to him. it's a very powerfu

. >> we see winnie mandela giving hugs -- president mandela's wife -- finding love late. the president of mozambique who was killed, dr. frasier. this was a real match and a woman who married two presidents. >> absolutely. and some would say that in fact the president of mozambique and nelson mandela competed over her. very early in their -- their youthful days. so i guess -- >> before he went -- >> yeah. exactly. so that's the story that's told in south africa. but she's a woman of tremendous substance. she was in fact the minister of education in mozambique. she became head of the commission of the u.n. on women and children in conflict, and she even today is a member of the elders that goes in and helps to mediate conflict around the world. she's a woman of tremendous substance, a diplomate in her own right. in the last few years she stayed closer to home because her husband was failing in his health. i'm hopeful that she will get back on the world stage and, you know, take that, the lessons of nelson mandela of her own experience, life, to help mediate conflicts globa

one of the biggest critics is winnie mandela. mike hannah went to meet her. >> winnie mandela is a potent force, a member of the a.n.c. executive committee and a member of parliament. her voice is deeply influential. she insists the struggle to which she dedicated a lifetime is not over. the battle against apartheid may have been run, but the establishment of democracy is to be achieved. >> we have made tremendous gains, it is true. we attained political freedom. i think we are still very, very far. even though we have these political gains. if you are a south african, you know that the situation, the political situation in the country today is far from what we fought for. >> what can be done? what areas do you think we need to address? >> we inherited the heels of apartheid. it will take time. we were bruised. the wrongs of the party will take another generation to rectify. then we shouldn't be complacent. the frustrations you see out there, when people are demonstrating, the eruptions taking place over the country, the people a

winnie was there as well. there she is with her daughter. when nelson mandelaas in prison, winnie was banned -- she had almost as a tough time as he did on the outside, she was banned and constantly harassed by the police, and mandela wanted to make a statement to his people to keep them charged up and continuing to fight. she was banned and couldn't speak, so his daughter spoke and delivered his speak. it takes a village. and they have acknowledged that village. winnie looking as drawn asthma shell. i think she never stopped loving him. >> i am really struck by this sight of winnie. she looks so different. i understand it, and i understand what an emotional haul this has been, and there is nothing like all the world's media here commenting and asking how you feel every minute to focus the mind. >> i have been told by different people that she has not stopped crying since he passed away. it has been a long struggle. surely -- oh, look at that. that's what i am talking about. that is the family that has been embracing one another throughout this period of mandel

>> you and i could live peacefully. >> terrence howard onscreen alongside jennifer hudson in "winnie mandela eastwood's invictus. showing a mandela in office. >> i would look to thank you for what you have done for our country. >> mr. president, thank you for what you have done for our country. >> reporter: looking to foster national unity through sport. >> you look at pictures of of a young mandela. he is a beautiful man. at some point in every one of the movies, with the rare exception, you can see the actor, sort of unluge teash the mandela smile. because he had this great smile. when they say that happens in so many mandela performances, the am begs ambition of the actor to meet the challenge. >> i am angry! you are angry! but you must show loyalty. >> see the fire in the eyes. fire in the belly. ♪ ♪ free free free nelson mandela ♪ >> reporter: when mandela was in jail it was pop music responding to burgeoning protests and news coverage of apartheid. ♪ ♪ organized and fronted by bruce springsteen, steven vansant. artists recorded sun city in 1985 to support the boycott of south africa. y

winnie becomes mandela's voice. the personification of him and his movement. a target of authorities. >> he often said to me that winnie had it tougher than he did. mandela, in all his 27 years in prison, spent one night in solitary confinement. winnie spent a year in solitary confinement. all of the time having to look after their two daughters. >> reporter: those girls were named zenanie and zindzi. >> prisoners were not allowed to see children under 16, and given that winnie mandela's children were both very little girls when he went to jail, that meant he had no contact with them for a very long time. >> reporter: but his older daughter was able to visit her father in prison -- >> and uh, i expected to hug my dad and everything else. i couldn't. it was a glass window, we kissed on the glass on the window, we spoke through a telephone. >> i think one of his deepest regrets is his failure as a husband, as a father, as a family man because of all those years in prison. i mean, he's a very domestic fellow. he loves children. >> reporter: while in jail mandela w

as recently as yesterday saying that nelson mandela was the love of nelson mandela's -- that winnie mandela was the love of nelson mandela's life. >> yes, he played a role for so many years. we cannot erase that in history, the role that she played, so it would be really, really unfair at this moment to say she should take a back seat and not be there. >> they were both there at his bedside when he died on thursday. >> yes. >> i want to go back out to the stadium where al jazeera's ali velshi join us. he's outside the service. with things about to get underway, what has the mood been like at f.n.b. stadium? >> i can hardly hear you guys because i have this going on. this is what has been happening. this has been going on haul mourning, for hours and hours and hours. i haven't seen a tear shed. it's not full, by the way, from talking to alan because of the rainment people are coming in. they are having a great time. where are you from, sir. >> i don't see sadness, i see celebrations. we must celebrate. he's a great man, there's nothing we can do. all we can do is take his legacy and remake i

winnie mandela, entire mandela family. our president zuma, wonderful dignitaries.ospital. i was filled with an alarming mixture of sadness, emotion and pride. he tightly held my hand. i brought all emotions in me, and my mind automatically flashed back to the picture of the man on the home i grew up. how i wished i'd never had to confront what i saw. i first met him 67 years ago. the tall, healthy strong man, the boxer, the prisoner who easily wielded the pick and shovel when we couldn't do so. >> our viewers in the united states will leave us for a special honoring the children of >> we're going to leave for that special. but stay with cnn. we'll have more updates on the funeral throughout the day. ♪ >>> daniel was drawn to music. he always wanted to be a drummer. >> i still really can't seem to get my head around that this has happened and how final it is. >> good >> i had to be on the floor because i felt if i stood up the world woulin

congress needs to do its bit for the people of south africa too, and that is none other than winnie mandelae is a very strong political figure in her own right, a very controversial one at times, not only because of her contentious divorce from nelson mandela but also because of the criminal charges that have been brought against her and the conviction. but he has rehabilitated herself. and she now has a voice of conscious within the african national congress. she has spoken up from within the ranks about the problems it still has, about the problems it has not yet addressed. and she says the critical issue that must be addressed is that of poverty. winnie mandela remains a potent political force, a member of the anc's national executive committee and member of parliament, her voice is deeply influential. she insists the struggle in which she battled a lifetime is not over. the establishment of a prosperous democracy is still to be achieved. >> we have made tremendous gains. it is true. we have gained political freedom. tragically, i think we are still very, very far from what we fought for

his former wife winnie mandela, often was called for supporting violence and mandela often expressed displeasure with that. >> he did. in a remarkable interview, however, he said, look, people are free to choose their routes, their particular methods of response. he made clear that the oppressor will determine how the oppressor responds. when asked about his affiliations or his affiliations with people that took up violence or armed struggle. he said, look that depends upon the method of response. the method of response depends on what the oppressor does. at the same time he was critical of the necklaces, of the violence opposed. he said this replicates the violence done to us in the name of apartheid and white supremacy. why don't we move beyond white and black supremacy and find the core of democratic reaction to the country around us? >> you see the picture of him and his wife winnie on their wedding day. a great love story but heart break for nelson mandela. just after he leaves prison he discovers she has a lover and not long after she was divorced. >> let's be honest. if the re

mandela. >> ammandla! >> you were winnie, the first social worker i've ever heard and you're the most beautiful girl i've ever seen. >> this is your final warning! >> we're not breaking any laws! ♪ i will be stronger, they'll call me freedom-- ♪ >> something has changed. for 50 years we have been talking peace and non-violence. not anymore. ♪ when i get older, i will be stronger ♪ >> mixed with acid, catalyze this and you've got it. >> if the blacks take over, our country is finished. >> what would you personally want? >> i have children and a wife. i want them to walk free in their own land. >> the situation on the streets is out of control. >> somebody wants me. >> the accused are responsible for acts of sabotage with the intention of overthrowing the government. >> nelson mandela, do you plead guilty or not guilty? >> my lord, it is not i but the government that should plead guilty. >> you will never touch a woman or a child again. you will never leave there. it's a pity they didn't hang you. i'm going to make sure you wi

i am looking for a glimpse of nelson mandela and winnie myself. all the celebrities and personalities, nelson mandela wanted to meet with mohamed ali and sydney party a -- sidney poitier, i went outside to insideali and poitier the mayor's office. my heart was beating so fast i went outside and secured them, as i had been told. doori opened the security that led to the mayor's office, and the entourage saw ali and them,r walking toward i cannot explain the dancing and the chance and the love and the joy and the full ecstasy in that hallway as we walked to nelson mandela and winnie mandela. it is not about the breath that we take but the moments that take our breath away, those precious memories. thise relieved -- relived countless times. when i remember this i get joy, unspeakable. i started friendships with two iconic americans, and my life and work have been greatly influenced and enriched by their friendship. with nelson mandela, i did not have a conversation with him, but i did get a handshake and a hug. what can be more inspiring for a 25-yea

remember nelson mandela as a strong man who walked out of prison in 1990 with his former wife winnie mandela. people were angry with journalists, particularly internation internation internation international journalists. the government would say nelson mandela is critical and stable. and the family talked and gave different opinions. it was confusing and difficult. he's the father, the icon, you don't talk badly about him. now that it's happened, people were expecting it. it is a shock now. he was 95 years old. the key thing is yes, he's gone. let's celebrate what he has done and what we can learn. >> let's talk about south africa. the recent months were difficult. there's a mining strike that took its toll on the country. the a&c came under pressure for the way it handled the strike situation. what is the sense about the anc's leadership now and moving forward in the aftermath of the death of nelson mandela? >> well, the anc, the ruling party is the people's party. they have a lot of support. that said, people are questioning the before of some of the politicians, they are wondering where

>> as you said, last weekend i was with winny mandela. and their grand daughters.portrayal of withinny. it highlights her role in the struggle. it captured her mannerisms. let look at winnie mandela and the young nelson. >> just before the girls come back to school to take me away. so the girls will find an empty room. i think were these things, you know. they think about. >> yesterday, i spoke to mandela's daughter, and said what do you think? again, she said, this is the first thing that highlighted my mother's role in the struggle. . what has winnie said about the casting. >> winnie thought she was superb. and particularly, this movie, they tried to capture the real nelson. he was somewhat of a womanizer, very complicated and sometimes messy relationships with women. he was not unecotisty cal. in this movie it's much more, who is the real man, the passionate man. his humanity revealed. he spends a night on robin island in a cell the size of mandela's, he woke up the next day and was so angry. he wonders how he spent 18 years on this tiny cell this. is a more hum

one a day men's 50+. >>> a clip there from the movie "winnie mandela."ully understand the complicated relationship between her and her former husband nelson mandela, nor do we get the role she played in south africa's fight against apartheid, that she played, remember. cnn producer joins me now. i know that you just spoke with winnie recently. >> in johannesburg saturday a week ago. in fact, we were at mandela house, which is the first house mandela owned and the house he returned to after he spent 27 years in prison. so i was with winnie. when lou at the story, christi, in 1968 they meet and marry. it's a great love story. a social worker at the time and not politicized. a couple of years later he's arrested, in '64, life in prison. do you know she does not see him for eight years, this no contact. >> in 1969 she herself is arrested and she's in solitary confinement for 18 months, severely tortured during that period. it's under the infamous apartheid antiterrorism act. in 1977 to '86, she is under house arrest in a remote village brumford, remote town

back nelson mandela bring him back home to soweto ♪ i want to seem him walking hand in hand with winnie mandelar mister nelson mandela, walking strongly into freedom. >> the day he walked out of jail, when he came out like this, the whole world screamed. >> africa, amandla! >> marsalis: when you are thinking of mandela, what is the thing that made him able to galvanize everything around him? >> when mandela spoke, when he spoke for us, it wasn't about him; it was about his people. >> we are one country, we are one people. >> mandela really epitomizes the symbolism of our freedom. he became the mouthpiece, and the amplifier and the horn. ( plays national anthem on trumpet ) no matter how busy your morning you can always do something better for yourself. and better is so easy with benefiber. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely. so you can feel free to add it to anything. and feel better about doing it. better it with benefiber. ♪ [ female announcer ] kleenex tissues help stop moisture better than the leading competitor. don't get caught without kleenex tissues. [ male anno

he told of one of winnie mandela's visits and her requests. >> she said please can i show mandela fromistance. i said, no, no. >> reporter: no children allowed, not even mandela's precious new grandbaby. what winnie didn't know was while he waited in a holding area, that jailer secretly brought the baby to mandela. >> there were tears coming out of his eyes. >> nobody knew? >> nobody knew. >> reporter: the whole wheat bread they would bring from home and the secret code. >> i would show him this. mandela immediately know i'm bugged. i was bugged a lot of times. >> you lied to keep your job and to keep your friendship with mandela? >> that's correct. >> reporter: during all of those isolating years on robben island the prison guard said there was one view of the country that nelson mandela loved. that was the very top of table mountain here in cape town behind me, that he would look to this view wondering if he was ever be free. but mandela was always preparing for that day. he asked the jailer to teach him afrikaa afrikaans. on the day mandela was released, his speech was delivered in

of 500 words every six months, and your letters were censored. >> reporter: mandela composes letters to his beloved wife, winniehad a beautiful correspondence. he wrote love letters to her all those years. they're heart wrenching and moving. >> reporter: in addition to wife and mother, mandela sees another role for winnie. >> when nelson went to prison, winnie, in effect, became his proxy. he wanted her to be out there on the battlefronts protesting. he wanted her to be a symbol of his incarceration. and she became a very fiery symbol of nelson mandela. >> i never lose hope and my people shall never lose hope. in fact, we expect that the work will go on. >> reporter: but winnie finds herself under constant harassment by the government. >> winnie and the family were under police -- 24-hour police surveillance. it must have been very tough on the family financially, emotionally and so on. but winnie stayed very, very loyal wife. and she went to robben island. she kept mandela alive and well. >> reporter: and those visits were limited to one every six months and for only 30 minutes each are also closely regulated

when he walked out on stage with winnie mandela, the crowd exploded. him when i first got off the airplane. i was had with the then mayor tom bradley. of course, when i looked at him and he was such a pleasant man, he had a smile on his face. he embraced me. he embraced the mayor. we just was in awe of him. here was this human being who had been in prison for 27 years and was out now and he was a pleasant man. he was not angry. we had an opportunity to pend time with him, to share some of what was going on in this country and enlighten him about those people involved. certainly ron dell um, just listening to him makes my flesh cra crawl, not only on this issue but onother issues of mankind. when i first met him i was star struck. he's my hero and will be forever. >> maxine waters an ron dellums, it's so special to have you here on this special day of honor and memory. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> coming up general colin powell, former secretary of state sharing his personal reflections today about nelson mandela. [ mom ] with my little gi

winnie mandela's so wonderful.ses me on my lips and says, my husband. >> that's a nice thing, for both parties involved. thank you so much. best of look. we're rooting for you. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> we'll be right back. we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue. ♪ if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat all that. it doesn't? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast-acting antihistamine. oh, what a relief it is! . >>> to politics now. holidays are bringing two unlikely people together, like snoop dogg and secretary of state john kerry. they met at a white house party in

winnie mandela brought over one of the grandchildren as a new baby, she was told she could not bring a baby into the prison, then the jailer secretly took the baby to nelson mandela, so he was able to see his grandchild, and/or tears. -- and there were tears. mandela' to america, this was a trip to the oprah winfrey show in chicago, an hour-long talk show. he showed up in the studio, sits down next to opera, and asks, why am i here? >> i had said, you are one of the most humble people i've ever met. and mr. mandela arrived today, he said to the producer, said to him, what is the subject of today's show? [laughter] [applause] >> if anybody ever earned that our on oprah winfrey, it was nelson mandela. in closing this special report, bill, you worked so many years in the johannes berg -- in the johannesburg bureau. your thoughts on the passing of nelson mandela? >> everybody acknowledges he is an icon and simple and all of that. i think what people tend to overlook and what in my mind made him exceptional among the thering figures of 21st century is he was such an astute politician. you

and winnie mandela had a hard if not hard a time outside the prison on her own. it was turned into what they call robin island university or nelson mandela university. they really ran that prison. those on the outside continued to be plagued, continued to be suffered. steve was killed shortly after that time. chris hanny, the -- there was not a sudden change in refirmation. we grew towards freedom and it was the spirit of mandela, along with the spirit of all of the people of goodwill all over the earth. >> and spirit of people whose lives were lost along the journey as well. many of them both there and here in this country. thank you so much for your time. charlayne, always an honor to be in your presence. >> same here. >> much more ahead. i'll talk with buygrapher who says we need to remember mandela's years of suffering and sacrifice and not allow him to be the only peace until loving grandfather figure, we must remember the young man who fought for his country. plus, another big story we're following, stocks rally after the unemployment rate drops to five-yea

. >> winnie mandela just arriving at the stadium.t being escorted through there. >> this is our sister station sky news reporting there on the ground. we also have greg palkot our senior foreign correspondence there on the ground as well. i'd like to talk to you about the crowds. i believe this is winnie being escorted through. that's what sky news was repo reporting. >> reporter: i'm sorry? >> it looks like his wife is being escorted through to her seat. >> reporter: that's what i understand. that's what i understand. the ex-wife of nelson mandela, winnie mandela arriving at the stadium. >> his second wife. >> reporter: that's right. not his current wife or his widow shall i say. she was a figure in her own right. an anti-apartheid figure that got into her own set of trouble with the authorities and at the end of the day after 27 years in prison, just a short time after nelson mandela left prison, they separated. so the personal life of nelson mandela certainly did take it's toll. probably a good point to mention that. we haven't di

. >> the gates open and he and winnie mandela walked out with their fists in the area. >> reporter: heographing a spontaneous celebration in capetown. >> there were 150,000 people outside going nuts waiting to see their leader. >> reporter: that's when mandela stepped out on a balcony and spoke publicly for the first time since his release. >> i think we've always experienced somebody when you feel like everything's going to be okay. that's how you feel when you're around mandela. >> reporter: years later two young boys climbed onto man tell la's lap and one asked what seemed like a logical question. >> "how could they put new prison for 27 years, you've never stolen anything." in classic mandela way he sort of paused and he said "sweetheart, i actually have stolen something, i stole freedom for our people." >> reporter: you heard him say that? >> it was kind of just one of those moments where as a photographer, the tears start to actually kind of cloud the ability to look through the viewfinder. >> reporter: turnley also witnessed mandela's visit to his old cell on robben island. ther

, yes, if winnie mandela had not done what she did for the years that he was in prison, you would never have heard of nelson. [applause] you wouldn't have. [applause] it was winnie who put herself on the line. half the time she was out there in detention out there by herself where they put her. but the rest of the time she kept his image before the public. she did it. all of that stuff, winnie did. and the thing that's so impressive about it is nobody talks about it, that's number one. and number two, because she, in the end, did some things like -- that people say, well, why did she do that, some stuff at the end of her life, a few little things that some people don't like in her personal life and other stuff. well, if you had to live all those years doing all that, you might do a little something that's kind of shaky too. [laughter] and so, therefore, she shouldn't be denounced for that. the other thing to keep in mind is that nelson's second wife, she was a freedom fighter, was a freedom fighter before she married and have her own thing going for herself. i once wrote a paper about t

christo brand told us of one of winnie mandela's visits. her request. >> she said, can i just show mandela from a distance? and i said, no. just leave the child. >> reporter: no children allowed. not even his precious new grandbaby. while she waited in a holding area, that jailer had secretly brought the baby to mandela. >> there were just tears coming out of his eyes. >> reporter: and no one ever knew? >> nobody knew. >> reporter: all of the isolating years on robben island, the prison guard said there was one view from the prison courtyard of the country nelson mandela loved. that was the top of table mountain here in capetown behind me. that mandela would look to this view, wondering if he'd ever be free. but mandela was always preparing for that day. he asked the jailer to teach him afrikaans, the language of the whites in power. there were essays and the red pen that corrected them. on the day mandela was released, his speech was delivered in afrikaans. mandela famously said, if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes

again, winnie mandela, who wa been grieving, i'm told, endlessly. >> lester holt's inside the stadium. lester, this has the feel of an official beginning, i'm guessing? >> yeah. i think this is the official beginning, and note you're going to see t empty seats down front in the rain. but the stadium is quickly filling up. brian, there's huge significance of the location of the stadium. it's essentially the edge of soweto. a blackk township. a lasting -- these townships, set upso for black, kind of a lasting reemlast ing reminder of apartheid, yet that street right behind you, you can see black people and white peopletr walking together. something you wouldn't have seen out of the days of apartheid. in fact, the stadium was put here, the largest in africa, the 2010 world cup was here. again, a huge statement to how far this country has come, and it is almost easy to forget what apartheid must have looked like, readily talk about it, and they view this as a teachable moment to the rest of. the world and certainly to their children. thete generations coming up behd them, that they want t

also his marriage to winny mandela, a powerful political force herself was crumbling. the woman who supported him so publicly, was accused of having affairs and some of the murder rouse violence. they finally divorced. through it all, in 1994, he was able to vote for himself, in a free election. he won, and was inaugurated as the first black president of his country. your hard work to elect a president of your choice. >> he served one term, leading reformed in child healthcare, modernize the infrastructure and pushing for racial healing. while his close relationships with foreign leaders drew some criticism, he still visit the white house a number of times meeting with three sitting american presidents. in 2002, george w bush presented him with the presidential medal of freedom. barack obama met mandela only one in 2005, when obama was still a senator. nelson mandela. >> when south africa hosted the world cup tournament in july of 2010, he made his last major public appearance at the final games. the crowd honoring him with a thunderous ovation. >> never, and never aga

>> a lot of focus on the two great loves of nelson mandela's life, flanking either side with winnie mandela, former wife and widow, both enormous strain of very tough ten days. publicly displaying unity in their grief. eventually the casket was transported with full honors to the gravesite. we once again saw the symbolic gestures nelson mandela loved. in the black and white military officers, then echo can inauguration as president just under 20 years ago physical terry fly pass before the casket was lowered in to the ground. from here the rest of the final burial was strictly private affair, out of respect for the family's wishes. >> schieffer: that was debra patta who has been covering this from the beginning for us in joe hansberg. joining us now cbs this morning cohost gayle king and actor forest whitaker they were both at the services earlier. and they have made their way now to johannesburg and they're with us, thank you both for coming this morning. gaylee what was this like? it must have been an amazing experience for you. >> bob, it really was. forest and i were talking in the car,

mandela. >> it remained wi winnie's homer a number of years did nelson mandela ever go back to the house? >> he go he spent a short while here when he came out of prison. the first thing he did was come home where he was greeted by hundredses of thousands of people from this particular area his wife remained here for much of the time he was in prison. she was removed from the house and banished to a remote town hundreds of miles away from johannesburg both as punishment and to remove her and mande mans influence his daughter continued to remain in the house i. it gives you a taste to see how bad and repressive that they were at that time. and a 17-year-old daughter left to fend for herself in this house. >> describe the impact mandela and his policies had on the townses liktowns like soweto. the image of mandela was out lied and the africa national congress was outlawed and the speeches of mandela were not heard by people in this township. it was something that was covered and pushed aside. for the vast multitude of south africans the first time they saw nelson mandela was when he walked

of 500 words every six months, and your letters were censored. >> reporter: mandela composes letters to his beloved wife, winniey had a baueautiful correspondence. he wrote love letters to her all those years. they're heart wremplging and moving. >> reporter: in addition to wife and mother, mandela sees another role for winnie. >> when nelson went to prison, winnie, in effect, became his proxy. he wanted her to be out there on the battlefronts protesting. he wanted her to be a symbol of his incarceration. and she became a very fiery symbol of nelson mandela. >> i never lose hope and my people shall never lose hope. in fact, we expect that the work will go on. >> reporter: but winnie finds herself under constant harassment by the government. >> winnie and the family were under police -- 24-hour police surveillance. it must have been very tough on the family financially, emotionally and so on. but winnie stayed very, very loyal wife. and she went to robben island. she kept man ldela alive and we. >> reporter: and those visits were limited to one every six months and for only 30 minutes each are also closely regul

day that the city to the south african president jacob tomorrow and monday of the second wife winnie mandela attended the service of the riots methodist church to mark the day over into echo after richie know what the church. the anti apartheid hero was in the congregation's prayers and hearts. today we haven't had a great and i thought cool that the fed on hold to the middle east. at the peter the great city he said meanwhile outside mandela's johannesburg home. the young and old continued to come by dropping the flowers lighting candles. i'm trying to come to terms with their dogs. take a look now at some of the world news in brief two dozen egyptian women and girls convicted for protesting in support of the ousted president hundreds more seats and released from custody the case sparked outrage from human rights activists and pics of the count's new milary rulers. they say was politically motivated on appeals court has now suspended sentences which have included elevenear prison terms. tensions in the era south korea says it's extended its air defenses on to partially overlap but the settl

on behalf of the united nations i offer my deepest condolences to the mandela family, to winnie madikizela-mandela, and the mandelas larger family, the people of south africa, and in this [ inaudible ] ladies and gentlemen, this stadium holds tens of thousands of people, but even an arena as big as african continent could not contain our pain today. south africa has lost a hero. they have lost a father. and lost a beloved friend and mentor. nelson mandela was more than one of the greatest leaders of our time. >>> at 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, many of our nbc stations will cut away for their own local programming to -- >> as 6:00 a.m. on the east coast approaches many of the stations will cut away for their own local programming but will rejoin us when president obama begins his remarks. >>> you're looking at live pictures from soweto, south africa, state memorial service for former president nelson mandela. it's been raining there all morning long but the mood can only be described as jubilant, world leaders and tens and how to sands of south africans came to pay their respect to a man who helpe

winnie mandela turned to violence and embraced that. go there after he ascended to the presidency. he shared the nobel peace job with president clark, the white south africa president who made the decision to free him. at the time when black south africans were so aggrieved for so long and denied so much, the president had a decision to make about how much redistribution of land and income he was going to engage in and he took a very moderate tone to that. emphasized reconciliation. when he became the president, some of the people who had been his jailers later in prison. this is somebody who exemplified the idea of rising above bitter conflict and showing the world how to bring people together and you're -- an indication of that is going to be the way in which you see white south africans grieve for nelson mandela. they realize the special properties he brought to political leadership once he got out of the prison. >> that's absolutely the case. and again we can tell you that president zuma saying the nation has lost their dearest son.

it has sharpened my longing for you and our sweet and peaceful home." >> winnie mandela: amandla! ie had become mandela's voice on the outside, and the apartheid regime came down on her with a vengeance. she was repeatedly thrown into jail and tortured. the struggle was now not only devastating their lives; their two young daughters had been effectively abandoned. mandela was incredibly blunt about what awaited them. "my darlings," he wrote, "once again, our beloved mommy has been arrested, and now she and daddy are away in jail. you may live like orphans, without your own home and parents. you will get no birthday or christmas parties, no presents or new dresses, no shoes or toys." what does it feel like reading it today? >> zindzi mandela: it takes me back to very difficult times. and, again, it's... it's still not easy to talk about those times. >> simon: mandela's youngest daughter zindzi was a toddler when he was taken away. she didn't see him again until she was 15 and traveled to visit him on the island. they were separated by a glass partition; guards listened to every word

winnie mandela worked at this table and perhaps nelson mandela too? >> that is correct. ture to one of the families around here. >> winnie gave it away. >> yes. and we request to have it back. as you can see from this photo, winnie was the one who was working here. >> who knows what history was made at this table. >> true. >> this home and its two small bedrooms now hold many of the awards given to the mandelas over the years. this is a copy of one of the last photographs taken of nelson mandela before he went to prison for 27 years. and he would come back here that he was truly free. this place would always be very special to nelson mandela. one more personal story, a few years ago i moderated a panel about leadership with four men who changed history. mickael gorbachev, jimmy carter, and willem de klerk. even if that rarefied company, he could point to not just great but iconic leadership. and they pointed to nelson mandela. i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. >> thank you. it's all about calling people to rise up. mandela did that. the agenda next hour, we co

even mandela's precious grandbaby. what winniey brought the baby to mandela. >> there was just tears coming out of their eyes. resign no. >> reporter: no one ever knew? >> nobody knew. >> reporter: all of those isolated years on robben island there was one view he loved the top of table mountain here in capetown behind me. that mandela would look to this view wondering if he would ever be free. >> reporter: mandela was always preparing for that day. he asked the jailer to teach the language of the whites in power. there are there were essays assigned and the red pen that corrected them and on the day mandela was released his speech was delivered in afrikkan. mandela famously said if you talk to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head. if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. >> that's what he did. that's what he strived for. that's what he was loved for and would fight for while he was in prison. to have people live in peace. >> reporter: the jailer who became a trusted friend now remembering ne

winnie.met when he -- >> you look at young pictures of winnie mandela, a physically gorgeous woman aren full of strength and pride -- >> she was an activist. >> an activist in her own right. at that moment in time, they click and became an indelible force. with the celebration of all the documentation of mandela being imprisoned for 27 years, sometimes credit is not given to winnie about what she had to endure. those early years of prison, they would go to her house at 2:00 in the morning, shaker down, stripped searcher. a lot of people don't talk -- don't remember -- you talk about courage and strength, she was income -- solitary confinement for 18 months. appeared -- years in prison, when you grow apart, winnie came out -- out. everyone wanted a piece of him. to this day, i think there is a very great love between the two of them. she is a great lady. all of a sudden, he is now 79- 80. me wedding comes with mrs. achel. >> the widow of the president of mozambique. did you meet her? >> yes. i was embarrassed because the first time i met her, i didn't realize i had met her before. i sai

the second daughter of winnie and the one who, when mandela was in prison, she is the one who read his letter to a crowd of thousands to keep on keeping on, to keep up the good fight. i think she was in her late teens or early 20s at the time. she has been at his side as have been the rest of the children and grandchildren throughout this summer and, as i said earlier, she was in london for the london premier of "long walk to freedom" and she is flying back immediately to be by his side. >> charlene, i don't know, i do know we have days to talk about this, weeks and months. i don't know if it's condensable to a 60 second reaction, but what are your initial thoughts about what this means for the near future of this country so many of us have come to love? >> well, i think for south africa, it will be a reminder of what nelson mandela stood for, a rainbow nation, people who would get along with each other and people who would be statesman like in the leadership of the country. it's the message he would want president zuma, as well as the leadership of the government. you know, they are f

he stayed with his former wife winnie mandela and their two daughters. she stayed in the house for much of the 27 years that he was in prison, isolated, separated from each other. this is where the police came all the time, intimidating her, raiding the house and harassed her. she was the subject of banning orders and sent to live in a remote area in an effort to try to separate her from the party, from the a.n.c. her and the family devastated by the loss of their beloved family member, close family member for them, but somebody millions of south africans and around the world feel they know personally as well. >> tania paige in south africa. thank you. lots more on the website. it's words a visit - aljazeera.com/mandela. watch a documentary featuring stories of people who knew nelson mandela. aljazeera.com/mandela. >> most of the attackers who stormed the yemeni embassy were . al qaeda and the arabian penn innsual acclaimed responsibility. 56 were killed. >> 21 egyptian women and girls sentences to prison for protesting have launched appeals. supporters

also winnie mandela there, nelson mandela's former wife and other members of the mandela clan, which is a huge family. tens of thousands of people were in this magnificent stadium, and although there was rain and the crowds were smaller than expected, there was still just a huge powerful emotional event. also world leaders from as many as 90 different countries, which is unprecedented, including four presidents at the same time. >> it is truly amazing and so much outpouring of love and support certainly from diplomats and delegations around the world but from the people of south africa. ron, explain the funeral and the burial. that's going to be in his rural childhood village, correct? >> reporter: exactly. that comes sunday. tomorrow, wednesday, we begin three days of public viewing of the body lying in state at the union building at the capitol here. members of the public will be able to come by and view nelson mandela's body as it lies in state. saturday is essentially a travel day where the body is taken some 600 miles or so to a remote part of the country, one of the poorest par