S.Africa's Mandela "Paid" 60 Cows for Graca
July 27, 1998 - 0:0
JOHANNESBURG South African President Nelson Mandela paid a bride price of 60 cows ahead of his secret wedding last weekend to his Mozambican new wife Graca Machel, The Star newspaper said on Saturday. The newspaper quoted King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi of the Tembu Clan, of which Mandela is a royal member, as saying that the bride price was decided over two months of secret negotiations between the Mandela and Machel families.
Even if Rolihlahla (Mandela) had paid a million cows for Graca, she is worth every bristle of hair and hoof, Zwelibanzi told the paper when asked whether the bride price was justified. Mandela and Machel, Mozambique's first lady until the death in 1986 of the Southern African country's President Samora Machel, wed secretly on his 80th birthday last Saturday at their Johannesburg home in the plush suburb of Houghton. The new first lady has opted to retain the Machel name.
(Reuter)
Even if Rolihlahla (Mandela) had paid a million cows for Graca, she is worth every bristle of hair and hoof, Zwelibanzi told the paper when asked whether the bride price was justified. Mandela and Machel, Mozambique's first lady until the death in 1986 of the Southern African country's President Samora Machel, wed secretly on his 80th birthday last Saturday at their Johannesburg home in the plush suburb of Houghton. The new first lady has opted to retain the Machel name.
(Reuter)