Linda talks with Mongadi Mafata, a court reporter for the Sowetan newspaper in South Africa, about the divorce proceedings between President Nelson Mandela and his estranged wife, Winnie. As of today, the divorce is final, after some powerful testimony from the Mr. Mandela in which he claimed she made him the lonliest man in the country, testimony Winnie Mandela's lawyers did not refute. Mafata says that this testimony was meant to prove that there were irreconcilable differences between the couple, grounds for granting the divorce. The financial settlement is scheduled for tomorrow.
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