Mandela did the right thing to reconcile, if we took Winnie's lead we would be at war to this day.

I looked at Winnie. Maybe she did not know when to stop. Maybe that is the bane of a revolutionary: they gather such momentum that he or she can't stop. I saw that although her trials and tribulations had been recorded, the scars on the inner, most secret part of her spirit tormented her.

SHOOT: Interesting interview with Winnie Mandela. It is interesting that her interviewer was so moved and forgiving of someone accused of murder. That she is still referred to as 'The Mother of the Nation' says a lot about her, and a lot about us.

clipped from www.thisislondon.co.uk I asked her if she was happy with the way things had panned out in South Africa. Winnie looked at my husband. Did he wish for the truth? No, she was not happy. And she had her reasons. "I kept the movement alive," she began. "You have been in the township. You have seen how bleak it still is. Well, it was here where we flung the first stone. It was here where we shed so much blood. Nothing could have been achieved without the sacrifice of the people. Black people." "This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family. You all must realise that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others, hundreds who languished in prison and died. Many unsung and unknown heroes of the struggle, and there were others in the leadership too, like poor Steve Biko, who died of the beatings, horribly all alone. Mandela did go to prison and he went in there as a burning young revolutionary. But look what came out," she said, looking to the writer. He said nothing but listened.