Madikizela-Mandela
died at 81 after long illness said members of her family.
She was formerly married to
South Africa’s first black presidentNelson Mandela and together the pair worked tirelessly
to end apartheid. Madikizela-Mandela and Mandela were married in Dec. 1956 and
had two daughters Zeni, born in 1958, and Zindzi, in 1960.
Rev.
Jesse Jackson Sr., “In the darkest hours of the struggle to free South Africa,
with Nelson Mandela in prison, the face of hope and courage was #Winnie
Mandela. May she forever rest in #Power.”
#WinnieMandela
Source REUTERS
