VaMandela vakatanga kugara nehama dzake kusvika vatamira kumusha wairendwa mudhorobha reOrlando mukutanga kwa1946. Mwana wavo wekutanga, Madiba "Thembi" Thembekile, akaberekwa muna Kukadzi 1945; mwanasikana, Makaziwe, akaberekwa muna 1947 asi akafa nemeningitis mwedzi mipfumbamwe gare gare. Mandela ainakidzwa nehupenyu hwepamba, achigamuchira amai vake nehanzvadzi yake, Leabie, kuti vagare naye. Mukutanga kwa1947, makore ake matatu ezvinyorwa akapera paWitkin, Sidelsky naEidelman, uye akafunga kuve mushandi wenguva yakazara, achitora zvikwereti kubva kuBantu Welfare Trust. Muna 1947, Mandela akakurumidza kuenda kuLembacotts, uyo akanga achirwara, uko kwaakafira muchipatara, kwaakange achishanda semutungamiri weANC.
Muna 1944