A farkon 1947, Mandela ya yanke shawarar zama mai cikakken lokaci, yana karɓar rancen daga Bantu Welfare Trust. A cikin watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1947, Mandela ya shiga cikin dangantaka da kuma auren Mandela, wanda ya riga ya mutu a asibiti a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1944, inda suka fara zama tare da danginta har sai da suka koma gidan haya a garin Orlando a farkon shekara ta 1946. An haifi ɗansu na farko, Madiba "Thembi" Thembekile, a watan Fabrairun 1945; an haifi 'yar, Makaziwe, a 1947, amma ya mutu daga meningitis watanni tara bayan haka. Mandela ya ji dadin rayuwar gida, yana maraba da mahaifiyarsa da' yar'uwarsa, Leabie, don su zauna tare da shi. A farkon shekara ta 1947, shekaru uku na abubuwan da ya yi a Witkin, Sidelsky da Eidelman, ya yanke shawarar zama cikakken lokaci, yana karɓar rancen daga Bantu Welfare Trust. A watan Yuli na shekara ta 1947, Mandela ya yi watsi da ra'ayin ANC, wanda ya riga ya yi rashin lafiya, ya yi aiki a asibiti, inda aka ba shi izini a matsayin shugaban kwamitin haya a garin Orlando a farkon shekara ta 1946. A
Shekara ta 1944