South African Doctor's Book on Mandela A Breach of Patient Trust?

Graca Machel, the widow of former president Nelson Mandela, has threatened to take legal action against the late statesman's doctor Vejay Ramlakan whose book details several of Madiba's ailments and the intimate moments leading up to his death.

The cover of Mandela’s Last Years by the former statesman's doctor Vejay Ramlakan.

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