Nelson Mandela s ex-wife Winnie dead
Monday - April 2, 2018 8:10 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Johannesburg April 2 (IANS) Anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela who was once married to South Africa s first black President Nelson Mandela died here on Monday reports said. She was 81.
The news came soon after Mama Winnie was taken to a Johannesburg hospital for treatment said the Sun quoting the relatives.
Winnie Mandela worked as an activist and a politician even when her husband was arrested.
Famously pictured hand-in-hand as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years the couple was a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly three decades before her reputation became tainted legally and politically the BBC reported.
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