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History > South Africa > Winnie Mandela 1936-2018
1986, Soweto Winnie (center) and Coretta Scott King (right), the widow of Martin Luther King Jr, meet
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex/Shutterstock
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: a life in pictures Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist and former wife of Nelson Mandela, has died.
During her husband’s incarceration, she campaigned tirelessly for his release and the rights of black South Africans.
She later became a controversial figure in South African politics due to allegations of corruption and involvement in acts of brutality G Mon 2 Apr 2018 17.21 BST
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 1936-2018
South African activist, ANC politician and wife of Nelson Mandela whose reputation became mired in allegations of murder and fraud
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Of all the major figures who came to global prominence during the South African liberation struggle, Ms. Madikizela-Mandela was the most glamorous and the most at home in the world of celebrity culture — which is what made her fall from grace all the more startling.
For many of the years just before Mr. Mandela’s release from 27 years in prison, she was his public face, bringing word of his thoughts and his state of mind.
Still, though, rumors circulated even back then of thuggish behavior by a club she had formed for young Soweto men — the Mandela United Football Club — and these whispered accusations came back to haunt her shortly after her husband’s release in 1990.
The following year she was
convicted and assaulting a minor, a 14-year-old, James Seipei, who went by the name Stompie Moeketsi.
The authorities said he had been fatally beaten by members of her football club, on her orders, because he was suspected of being an informant.
She received a six-year sentence that was later reduced to a fine.
The next year, though, she and Mr. Mandela separated.
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Ms. Madikizela-Mandela was born in the small village of Mbongweni in what is now the Eastern Cape Province, but moved as a young woman to Johannesburg, where she became the country’s first black medical social worker.
While there, she met and, in 1958, married Mr. Mandela, already the head of the African National Congress.
When Mr. Mandela went into prison in 1964, she was left to raise their two daughters, Zenani and Zindzi.
Under the apartheid government, she spent time in prison herself, including a year of solitary confinement.
Shortly after the Soweto uprising of 1976, she was banished by the apartheid government to the remote town of Brandfort, where she was forced to remain until 1985 — at which time she returned to Soweto to resume her public activities. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/world/africa/in-mandela-legacy-a-place-for-winnie.html
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