Winnie Mandela, former wife of
Nelson Mandela, South African hero, has died aged 81.
Zodwa Zwane‚ her personal
assistant, confirmed this on Monday afternoon.
“It is with profound sadness that
we inform the public that Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away at the
Netcare Milpark Hospital‚ Johannesburg‚ South Africa on Monday, April 2‚ 2018,”
he said in a statement.
She died after a long illness‚
for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year.
“She succumbed peacefully in the
early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones,” her
family said in a statement.
Born in Bizana in the Eastern
Cape in 1936‚ she moved to Johannesburg to study social work after
matriculating.
She met her husband in 1957 and
they were married a year later.
The deceased was actively
involved in the anti-apartheid struggle of her ex-husband, who died five years
ago.
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