I te whare o Sisulu, i tutaki a Mandela ki a Evelyn Mase, he kaitohutohu whakangungu me te kaitohutohu ANC mai i Engcobo, Transkei. I te timatanga o te marama o Oketopa 1944, i noho tuatahi a Mandela me ona whanaunga tae noa ki te neke ki tetahi whare riihi i te taone o Orlando i te timatanga o te tau 1946. I whanau to raua tamaiti tuatahi, a Madiba "Thembi" Thembekile, i te Hui-tanguru 1945; he tamahine, a Makaziwe, i whanau i te 1947, engari i mate i te meningitis e iwa marama i muri mai. I koa a Mandela ki te oranga o te kaainga, i powhiri i tona whaea me tona tuahine, a Leabie, kia noho ki a ia. I te timatanga o te 1947, ka mutu ana tuhinga e toru ki Witkin, Sidelsky me Eidelman, ka whakatau ia ki te noho hei kaitautoko wa-katoa, i runga i nga nama mai i te Bantu Welfare Trust. I te marama o Hōngongoi 1947, i kaha a Mandela ki te whakauru ki roto i te whare haumanu, i mate ai ia i
Ko te tau 1944