Tag: Winnie Mandela
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Winnie Mandela finally laid to rest in South Africa
Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s Soweto township on Saturday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a funeral ceremony that united the nation as people from various political divides celebrated her life. Madikizela-Mandela’s death on April 2 at the age of 81 after a long illness was met by an outpouring…
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South Africa announces burial plans for Winnie Mandela
South Africa has announced burial plans for the former wife of the country’s president, Winnie Mandela who died on Monday at the age of 81. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the late human rights activist will be committed to mother earth April 14th. He also spoke of how this would be preceded by a State…
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Death of Winnie Mandela is huge loss to Africa – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as a huge loss to Africa. The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, noted that Winnie Mandela was “a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who held aloft the torch…
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10 things you need to know about Winnie Mandela
1. Full name: Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela 2. Winnie Madikizela–Mandela was born on the 26th of September 1936 in the village of eMbongweni Eastern Cape Province 3. Despite restrictions on education of blacks during apartheid, she earned a degree in social work from the Jan Hofmeyer School in Johannesburg, and several years later earned a…