Mandela United, noun phrase
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- EnglishShow more Surname of Nomzamo Winnie Mandela + English United, as used in the names of football teams.
Often in the phrases Mandela United Football Club, Mandela United Football Team, Mandela United Soccer Team: a nickname for a group of young ANC activists who in the late 1980s acted as bodyguards for Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, a prominent ANC leader married to Nelson Mandela. Occasionally also shortened to Mandela Football Club.
1989 Race Rel. Survey 1988–9 (S.A.I.R.R.) 639Mr Oliver Tambo and Mr Mandela strongly urged that Mandela United football team, a group of young ‘comrades’ who acted as bodyguards for..Mrs Winnie Mandela, be disbanded in the light of widespread controversy surrounding it.
1992 Race Rel. Survey 1991–2 (S.A.I.R.R.) p.xxxixMr Jerry R—, former coach of the Mandela United Football Club.
Often in the phrases Mandela United Football Club, Mandela United Football Team, Mandela United Soccer Team:a nickname for a group of young ANC activists who in the late 1980s acted as bodyguards for Nomzamo Winnie Mandela, a prominent ANC leader married to Nelson Mandela. Occasionally also shortened to Mandela Football Club.
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