(CNN)-- In a rare and candid interview, CNN's Robyn Curnow spoke to Nelson Mandela's wife of 10 years, Graca Machel, to find out more about the man from the person who arguably knows him the best.

The EFF's leader praised Madikizela-Mandela for keeping Mandela's name and the liberation struggle alive during apartheid.

"I part from my wife with ... both Winnie and Nelson for decades and talks about the courtship, early years of marriage and the evolution of their relationship. Duarte was Mandela's personal ...

Graca Machel was Nelson Mandela’s champion and companion right up to his death. MANY South Africans will say they have lost their tata, as in father. But amid the outpouring of emotion in ...

Devon Maylie wrote about equities and politics from the combined Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires Johannesburg, South Africa, office. Companies covered include the biggest mining firms, ...

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In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island ... They also offer a glimpse of the painful guilt Mandela felt for the wife and family he always had to put second to his political ...

Jennifer Hudson has been tapped to portray Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, in the upcoming biopic 'Winnie.' The film -- based on the Anne Marie du ...