Madiba thembekile mandela who is he

The report on the accident in which Thembi Mandela died refers to him as “Styles Mandele (35)”.

His eldest daughter Ndileka Mandela, who was four years old when her father died, found out recently that her father was nicknamed ‘Styles’ because of his stylish dress sense. He was not 35, but 24 years old, having been born on 23 February

“We are excited at this discovery, which helps the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory enormously in piecing together this important strand in Mr Mandela’s story,” said NMCM Memory Head Verne Harris. “The assistance offered to us by other institutions such as the South African National Archives is invaluable,” he said.

The article from the Cape Argus:

“Four people died and four were injured in a three-car collision on the fog-bound Touws River road at 9 am yesterday.

One of the victims was an Italian tourist, a middle-aged man, whose identity is being withheld until the Italian Embassy in Cape Town can trace his relatives.

The other three dead