Why did things fall apart between them?
Things fell apart between them because in one respect Nelson was now the supreme negotiator. He also felt that during that period, he should observe law and order of the apartheid state, because things were about to change. That made sense. Winnie still had that rebellious streak in her, and there were a lot of people who were like her, who didn’t quite identify with the negotiation process that was going on. So there was a cleavage within the country. Nelson represented the negotiating part, she represented a continuation of the rebellious part. There were many people who felt that, “Well, we won. Now why must we negotiate? We must now take over.” Do you see? Winnie was caught in between these two strains in dealing with the new situation. … Then, of course, the media played up. The media had begun to monsterized her. That monsterization was a very key factor in the whole rupture in that relationship. That monsterization, of course, had occurred while Nelson was still in prison. But
