Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela had come to the assistance of Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula when she went into labour with her son Chumani 23 years ago. On Saturday night Chumani was fatally stabbed in Bezuidenhout Valley while his mother was overseas for work.

Mapisa-Nqakula relayed the story of her son’s birth following Mandela’s passing in December 2013.

In 2013, Sapa reported that Mapisa-Nqakula said her water broke in Mandela’s presence in August 1992.

She said Mandela had realised she hadn’t been in the ANC’s offices in Johannesburg for a while as she had been ill during her pregnancy.

Mandela had asked Baleka Mbete, then secretary general of the ANC Women’s League about her, and Mbete took him to her flat in Yeoville, Johannesburg.

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