Evelyn Mase
Evelyn Ntoko Mase was a nurse in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was the first wife of anti-apartheid activist and future president Nelson Mandela. They had four children, three of whom survived into adulthood. She died of a respiratory illness in 2004 at the age of 89.
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Evelyn Ntoko Mase was a nurse in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was the first wife of anti-apartheid activist and future president Nelson Mandela. They had four children, three of whom survived into adulthood. In 1998 she married a businessman, Simon Rakeepile, and died in 2004. Her funeral attracted international media attention and was attended by Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and Mandela’s third wife, Graça Machel. Mase’s relationship with Mandela became strained in the 1950s. She accused him of adultery with several women, an accusation endorsed by later biographies, and of being physically abusive, something he always denied. She generally avoided publicity, but spoke to South African reporters when Mandela was released from prison after 27 years in 1990. She died of a respiratory illness in 2004 at the age of 89. She is buried at the University of Johannesburg’s Stellenbosch Medical Centre, where she had worked as a nurse since the 1930s. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details.
In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. In South Africa, contact the National suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-877-788-7255. For more information on suicide prevention in South Africa visit http://www.nsu.org/suicide-prevention-lifeline or the Samaritans in South Africa on the South Africa Volunteer Line at 1-888-988-70 or http www.samars Lifeline in the South Afrikaans Lifeline at 1-838-9888. For help in the United States, contact the National Suicide prevention Lifeline on 1 800-7000 or http www samars.org in the United States on the USA on 08457 909090. For support on suicide matters in the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Line at 1 888 909090 or http://www suicide Prevention LAWL.org/. For support in South Africa, visit the South African Samaritans on 08457 9090 or www.s Samaritans. org. In the UK, call the Salvation League on 0800 908 9088 or 1 8 800 8255. In the UK, the S Samaritans can be found on 08 447 9180 or 08 8240 or online. She was born in Engcobo, Transkei, in 1922.
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