Her critically acclaimed book, A Human Being Died that Night received several awards, including the Alan Paton Award, sometimes referred to as “the Pulitzer” of non-fiction writing in South Africa, and the Christopher Award in the United States.
After Skwatsha won the battle, Madikizela and some of Rasool's supporters in Khayelitsha claimed that they were marginalised, and later excluded as possible ANC candidates for the local government elections in 2006.
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Mr Madikizela has been embroiled in a number of controversies surrounding housing developments in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha.
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Madikizela, originally from the Eastern Cape had been a member of the ANC, and became prominent in 2005 when he led a group of disaffected ANC members in Makhaza, Khayelitsha who had been supportive of former Western Cape Premier, and ANC provincial chairman Ebrahim Rasool in his leadership battle with Mcebisi Skwatsha.