679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Winnie Mandela remained a prominent figure in South African politics Winnie pictured alongside her then-husband Nelson Mandela when he was released in 1990 Although her reputation suffered in her later years Winnie was revered by her followersWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was married to the late Nelson Mandela, has died at 81 after long illness "Ms Mandela grew up at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle. VideoGreat-grandmother takes on the president in Belarus. 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With her father imprisoned on Robben Island, she endured years of harassment and intimidation by the apartheid regime, along with her sister Zenani, and her mother Winnie, says the BBC's Vumani Mkhize.Zindzi Mandela was the family member who read out Nelson Mandela's rejection of then-president PW Botha's offer for conditional release from prison at a public meeting in February 1985.Through his foundation, Nobel peace laureate and former archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu said that "speech in Soweto, on behalf of her father... reinvigorated the values and principles of the struggle".Ms Mandela "played a critical role symbolising the humanity and steadfastness of the anti-apartheid struggle", he added.Most recently, she was known for her vocal support for radical land reform in South Africa, our correspondent says.Only two of Nelson Mandela's six children are still alive: Zenani Dlamini, Zindzi's sister; and Pumla Makaziwe Mandela, a daughter from his first marriage, to Evelyn Mase.Nelson Mandela attends great-granddaughter's funeralSamsung gives its folding smartphone another shot. "She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. VideoFriends surprise MS patient with house renovation. Winifred "Winnie" Mason Shaw (later Mrs. Wooldridge) (18 January 1947 – 30 March 1992) was a professional tennis player from Scotland. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.NELSON Mandela's former wife Winnie became a figurehead of the anti-apartheid movement alongside South Africa's first black President.Born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela on September 26, 1936, in Bizana, Pondoland, which is now South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, Winnie was the fourth of eight children.She became the head girl of her high school and went on to study for a degree in social work in Johannesburg, despite apartheid restricting the number of black people pursuing education.Winnie met lawyer and activist Mandela in 1957 and they were married a year later, having two daughters together before his arrest and imprisonment in 1963.She stayed married to the future President throughout his 27 years in prison, becoming one of the most prominent opponents of apartheid during the final years before his release in 1990.They were pictured together after he was freed in photos that made headlines around the world, but separated two years later and finalised a divorce in 1996, with Winnie adopting the surname Madikizela-Mandela.Her political activities meant that Winnie herself was incarcerated for lengthy periods, including being placed under house arrest and banished by the South African government.She won the prominent Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1985 alongside fellow activists Allan Boesak and Beyers Naudé.Winnie remained revered by her followers within the African National Congress (ANC) political party for her tireless campaigning for the release and rights of black South Africans.However, she was also a controversial figure and her reputation suffered in later years legally and politically.In 1991, she was convicted over the kidnapping and assault of Stompie Moeketsi, a teenage activist who was murdered by a member of her controversial bodyguards, known as the Mandela United Football Club.Winnie always denied the allegation, and the six-year prison term she received was reduced to a fine and suspended sentence on appeal.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which investigated apartheid-era crimes committed by both sides, concluded that she was "politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights".She was dismissed from a cabinet role in the first post-apartheid government following allegations of corruption in 1995, and was convicted of fraud in 2003.After receiving another suspended sentence following that conviction she resigned her ANC positions, although she returned to politics in 2007.Winnie passed away at a Johannesburg hospital surrounded by her loved ones, Victor Dlamini said in a statement.He said: "She died after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year.

It is perhaps sufficient to say that, after her death, Winnie’s reputation will suffer just as much from the shadow of the murdered 14-year-old boy as it did in her lifetime. Oct 20, 2017 - Freddie Mercury with Winnie Kirchberger. All you need to know about Winnie Mandela after her death at the age of 81 – Nelson Mandela's former wife became a figurehead of the anti-apartheid movement during decades of tireless campaigning VideoThe trailblazing first woman lawmaker of India.

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