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- The couple separated before Mr Mandela became president, over growing political and personal differences, and reports of her infidelity. They later divorced and during court proceedings it was revealed that after Mr Mandela's release from prison, she had never entered their bedroom while he was awake.
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After Mandela met Winnie Madikizela and embarked on a relationship with her, he filed for a divorce from Mase, which Mase did not contest. Their marriage was formally dissolved on 18 March 1958. Mase was granted custody of all three children; Mandela agreed to pay her a £50 lump sum and then a monthly maintenance stipend of £15.
Apr 30, 2004 · The picture often showed of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase is one in fact taken at Albertina and Walter Sisulu’s wedding party on 17 July 1944, where Mase was one of the bridesmaids and Mandela one of the groomsmen.
On this day — 19 March 1958. Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mandela (nee Mase) are divorced. See other On this Day entries.
May 11, 2022 · In 1958, Mandela filed for divorce after three years of separation. Mase raised their children on her own with money from a grocery store she opened in the Eastern Cape.
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Dec 6, 2013 · Nelson Mandela married Evelyn Mase, a cousin of his political mentor Walter Sisulu, three years after arriving in Johannesburg to avoid an arranged marriage in the rural region of Eastern...
Sep 17, 2020 · After he was sentenced to life in prison in 1964, iconic South African president Nelson Mandela stood in a court dock only one more time for the rest of his life – when his wife Winnie...
May 6, 2004 · The couple married in 1944 and she worked while Mandela completed law school. They divorced in 1955 because of what Nelson Mandela termed irreconcilable differences.
