In an exclusive interview with CNN, Nelson Mandela’s daughter Maki has talked
about her father’s suffering in the final months of his life.
about her father’s suffering in the final months of his life.
Speaking to CNN’s Robyn Curnow – the only international
journalist to broadcast live from Nelson Mandela’s funeral – Maki asserted that
while his medical team treated him with dignity and respect, his death came as
a relief after the agonising struggle his health had faced.
journalist to broadcast live from Nelson Mandela’s funeral – Maki asserted that
while his medical team treated him with dignity and respect, his death came as
a relief after the agonising struggle his health had faced.
“There were times I was telling the doctors I think
enough is enough,” she said. “As doctors they had their duty to try everything
up to the last moment, but for me as a daughter it was excruciating watching
that.”
enough is enough,” she said. “As doctors they had their duty to try everything
up to the last moment, but for me as a daughter it was excruciating watching
that.”
Maki also talked about plans for the family to open Mandela’s
grave to visitors in a year or so, with plans in place for a visitors’ center
and memorial garden, where tourists will be able to walk around the grave and
see it from a viewing point.
grave to visitors in a year or so, with plans in place for a visitors’ center
and memorial garden, where tourists will be able to walk around the grave and
see it from a viewing point.
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