Word: machell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Mandela arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday accompanied by his new wife Graca Machel, widow of former Mozambique Prime Minister Samora Machel, and the South African Foreign Minister, Alfred...
When you've spent 27 years in prison, every birthday is precious. NELSON MANDELA of South Africa made his 80th even more so by marrying his sweetheart, GRACA MACHEL, 52, the widow of a former President of Mozambique and an advocate for international child welfare. Rumors of wedlock had been rife, but Mandela had betrayed no hint of matrimony, even as he received birthday gifts early on Saturday at the presidential residence in Pretoria. Then, in the afternoon, a press conference of "national importance" was announced, luring reporters from Mandela's home outside Johannesburg. With the press...
JOHANNESBURG: Graca Machel may become a first lady for a second time -- and of a second country -- on Saturday. South Africa's media is awash with reports that President Nelson Mandela plans to celebrate his 80th birthday by marrying Machel, 52, his companion of two years. "Mandela is staying coy and there's no certainty, but the signs are that there may be a small wedding at his home on Saturday," says TIME Johannesburg bureau chief Peter Hawthorne. Machel is the widow of Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, who died in a plane crash in 1987. South...
...MACHEL, MA BELLE...
...single, he's charming, he has a great job, and he understands the meaning of commitment. NELSON MANDELA just needed to find the right woman. Now he admits he has. South Africa's Sunday Independent reports that the President, 78, and GRACA MACHEL, 50, widow of Samora Machel, former President of Mozambique, are going public with their long-rumored relationship. Machel, recipient of the Africa Prize for Leadership, knows something of commitment herself, but the two have decided not to wed. "I belong to Mozambique," she told Reuters. "I will always be the wife of Samora Machel." Instead...