Ndileka Mandela (born 22 February 1965) is a social activist, former ICU nurse,[1] and the head of a rural upliftment organisation the Thembekile Mandela Foundation[2] in South Africa.
[3][4] In 2017 Mandela became the first member of her family to reject the party of her grandfather, the African National Congress.
[5] In October 2017, as part of the #MeToo campaign to denounce sexual violence, Mandela disclosed for the first time that she had been raped by her then partner in her own bed, five years before.
[6] She later said she had been following in her grandfather's footsteps, who had disclosed the HIV status of a family member, in order to combat stigma and call for concerted action against sexual violence.
[12] In announcing its publication, The New York Times described the story as a "moving tale of two enterprising siblings determined to find a safe way to get to school.