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Black South African activist Winnie Mandela, the wife of jailed African National Congress leader Nelson R. Mandela, joined in beating some boys allegedly abducted by her unofficial bodyguards, a major Johannesburg newspaper reported. It was the first published report asserting that Mandela herself participated in the alleged beating. The Sunday Star, a newspaper that opposes apartheid, said she whipped four boys brought to her house in Soweto last month by young men loyal to her who call themselves the Mandela United soccer club. One of the boys, 14-year-old Stompie Mokhetsi, is missing and feared dead. The report deepened the controversy surrounding Mandela, who has denied any wrongdoing.
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