Winnie Madikizela Mandela: uMkhonto weSizwe
In the years that Nelson Mandela languished in Robin Island, it was Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who took up the mantle, leading the struggle against apartheid from the front. A fearless leader, political activist and a towering figure in South Africa’s history – this is how millions of South Africans will continue to remember mam’ Winnie, who passed away earlier this week, after a long illness. As tributes pour in from around the world, Carte Blanche celebrates the life of an icon who was regarded as the “mother of the nation”.
Producer: Graham Coetzer
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Researchers: Sinethemba Nogude and Siniketiwe Hlanze
Winnie: In Her Own Words
“The leadership on Robin Island was… not subjected to the violence we were subjected to and if you have done that, if you were picking up the bodies of the children on June the 16th, 1976 – I can’t pretend I suddenly woke up the following day, prayed to God and I was this angel, and I forgave. It was a battle, it was a process. It is still a process” - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
The late struggle icon and political activist Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela tells her story, in her own words.
Producer: Mandy Jacobson
Car-T Cell Therapy
A South African family was devastated when their daughter was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Since her diagnosis three years ago, 6-year-old Mia Cara has undergone months of intense chemotherapy, lumber punches, gruelling bone marrow biopsies, intramuscular injections and countless days and nights in and out of hospital. But in a major medical breakthrough in genetics, US scientists have developed a specialized gene therapy treatment, which uses the body’s own immune system to treat Leukaemia in children. This treatment was recently approved by the FDA and hundreds of children have been successfully treated worldwide. After undergoing the Car-T cell treatment, Mia Cara is now officially in remission. Carte Blanche follows her remarkable success story.
Producer: Anna Teichert
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
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