Posted on 03/12/2013 6:56:50 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
JOHANNESBURG (AP) Relatives sang hymns and songs from South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle Tuesday as forensic scientists exhumed bodies believed to belong to two young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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Madikizela-Mandela has denied all knowledge of the two. But her chief bodyguard, Jerry Richardson, told the commission that he and a colleague had killed the two on her orders.
Nicodemus Sono, father of the missing man, told the commission that Madikizela-Mandela had come to his home with his son, face bruised from beatings, in November 1998. She had demanded photographs and documents, telling the father that his son was a spy for the apartheid police.
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See post #19 for a description of necklacing.
On a side note, there is no historical marker, monument or placard at the old Chambers farm. The farm is in heavily wooded and hilly terrain and is REALLY easy to miss unless someone points it out to you (miss or confuse with a much more visible neighboring farm, which is what most city people who drive out here to see it do). The current owners (who I do not know) seem to like it that way.
Whittaker Chambers’ farm is owned by his son, and it remains a going concern, having survived keen competition, droughts, etc. However, in recent years, it has been threatened by a local water project. For more information about the farm and efforts to save it, surf over to http://www.savewhittakerchambersfarm.org/
Thanks for the info on the Chambers farm.
I just read “Witness” late last year. the edition I received from our library came from another state library in the system and was a 1952 edition of the book.
It was utterly fascinating.
I’m aware of that project, which fortunately does not affect my property. I’m sorry that it hits the Chambers farm. I believe it is all on hold at present. My grandfather had a sharpening business and Chambers was one of his regular customers. If you drive about a half-mile past the Chambers farm going toward MD Route 30, you will see a residence with a sign offering sharpening services. That is the home of the fellow who bought my grandfather’s business when he retired. It’s a small world.
May be of interest:
The Gruesome Reality of Racist South Africe
Link: http://frontpagemag.com/2013/arnold-ahlert/the-gruesome-reality-of-racist-south-africa/
I remember their names also, but Winnie was know for necklaces, putting tires around the neck of her enemies and setting them on fire. Nelson was a commie and because of his color the press loved him. he was their hero...no matter what they did.
Thank you for your research into the Rosenbergs - They most definitely ARE deliberately raised as “heroes” to today’s socialists BECAUSE of that kind of selective editing and not-so-subtle propaganda.
Propaganda that continues in textbooks, histories, and day-to-day press attitudes.
I know I’m rolling the dice, but its safer than me driving thru certain sections of Chicago by my little old white self.
Singer Anita Baker said that meeting Winnie was the highlight of her life.
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