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Lifestyle, SADC

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ‘Mother of the Nation’, laid to rest

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1986, Soweto, South Africa — Winnie Mandela, the wife of political prisoner Nelson Mandela, looks out from behind the barred gate at her home, where she lived in defiance of a 1985 government order banishing her to the Orange Free State. — Image by © David Turnley/CORBIS

The Militant Winnie has been laid to rest while her legacy will go on being contested in death as in life, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — an antiapartheid activist and the former wife of Nelson Mandela who was known as “the Mother of the Nation” — was honored with an official funeral in Johannesburg today Saturday .

According to New york Times reporting, Ms. Madikizela-Mandela, who was 81 when she died this month, was to be laid to rest after the funeral, attended by more than 40,000 mourners at Orlando Stadium in the township of Soweto. The funeral was organized by the African National Congress, the governing party that for decades strove to keep her at arm’s length. Continue reading Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ‘Mother of the Nation’, laid to rest →

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Winnie Madikizela Mandela: The real truth in many ways hides nothing but tells it all

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Archive: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81.

by Charlene Smith

I am so appalled by some white trash know-nothing comments about Winnie Madikizela Mandela, that I need to weigh in. If Madiba could forgive and honor her, and then not punish white South Africans for what we put her and others like her through, how DARE you judge her?

Winnie Mandela, when I first met her in 1976, was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen, tall, imperious, with a gorgeous deep voice and a low sexy laugh. I interviewed her after she had to stop work for a cobbler, because security police harassment was so intense, business to the store fell off.

It had been this way for thirteen years, ever since the jailing of her husband, Nelson Mandela in 1963. Now that she has died the clichés about her life are rolling in thick and fast. How eager we are to forget, and in refusing to remember we perpetuate the harm she experienced in life. Continue reading Winnie Madikizela Mandela: The real truth in many ways hides nothing but tells it all →

Health, Malawi, Regional

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in hospital for kidney infection

Maravi Post Reporter

Cape Town (MaraviPost)– Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was admitted to hospital in Johannesburg a few days ago but is on the mend, a Mandela family spokesperson said on Tuesday evening.

She was booked into the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Saturday, said the Mandela family spokesperson Victor Dlamini.

“Prior to going to the clinic, she was uncomfortable and complaining of loss of appetite and one of her legs was painful,” he said.

Dlamini said upon admission, it was discovered that Madikizela-Mandela had an infection that had affected her kidneys.

She is expected to make a full recovery.

Dlamini said she is likely to spend around a week in the hospital.

“She is constantly surrounded by family and is in high spirits. The family will keep the public informed of any developments.”