Anti-apartheid activist, Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela‚ has died at the age of 81.
Her Personal Assistant‚ Zodwa Zwane‚ who confirmed the
struggle veteran’s death on Monday afternoon, April 2, said the family
would be issuing a statement later in the day.
Born in Bizana in the Eastern Cape in 1936‚ she moved to Johannesburg to study social work after matriculating.
She met lawyer and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela
in 1957 and they were married a year later. They had two children
together.
However‚ her marriage life with Mandela was short-lived‚ as
he was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for treason.
Mandela was eventually released in 1990.
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