Winnie Mandela’s most moving pictures
South Africa paid tribute to Winnie Mandela’s “fighting spirit” on Tuesday as plans were made to mark the life of the firebrand anti-apartheid campaigner and Nelson Mandela’s former wife.
She died at a Johannesburg hospital at the age of 81 after suffering a long illness that failed to rob of her of the charisma and energy that defined her sometimes divisive character.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that a memorial service will be held on April 11 and a full State funeral three days later. Mourners continue to gather at her Soweto home to honor the anti-apartheid fighter.
The firebrand activist died in Johannesburg’s Milpark hospital, her family said, adding that she had “fought valiantly against the apartheid State” and that she was known “far and wide as the Mother of the Nation”. Below are pictures of the life of Winnie Madikizela Mandela:
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