Late Nelson Mandela’s ex wife dies at 81
Winnie Madikizela Mandela Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s ex wife and South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Winnie Madikizela Mandela has passed away. According to a family spokesman, Victor Dlamini said in a statement that the 81-year-old South African died earlier today in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness. The late Winnie was born in 1936 in Transkei known now as the Eastern Cape. She was a trained social worker when she met her future husband in the 1950s and they were married for 38 years, although were separated due to Mandela’s imprisonment. The deceased played a major role in the campaign to end white-minority rule but her reputation became corrupt legally and politically years later. Daily Mail
