Nelson Mandela’s former home is a house of a humble man


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The presidential suite at Sanctuary Mandela was the former president’s bedroom. — Photos: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

Anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela liked hearty, simple meals, like oxtail stew. It was a favourite dish of South Africa’s first black president and it now fills ravioli served in his former home, which has been transformed into a boutique hotel.

The inside of the building, hidden on a quiet street in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, had been defaced by squatters.

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