Jason Tshabalala

Tshabalala, an Umkhonto weSizwe operative, began protecting Mandela on his visit to Lusaka in 1990

I remember Madiba being very disciplined. One of his grandsons came home and when Madiba asked him how school was he said he had lost part of his uniform. Madiba said, “No, this is not acceptable.” So what he did was he took him and he made him stand in the garden holding a blanket as a punishment, for almost an hour. I saw him just standing there with his arms out holding this blanket. I asked, “What happened?” And he said, “Uncle Jason, Grandad is punishing me because I lost my uniform.”