Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, and a leading anti-apartheid figure in her own right during the country's most turbulent years, has died at age 81.

She was previously married to Nelson Mandela. PRETORIA, South Africa -- Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died at the age of 81, according to her family and personal assistant.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela and for decades one of South Africa’s most prominent and polarizing figures, died April 2 at a hospital in Johannesburg. She was 81.

Now to South Africa where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will be buried on Saturday. She died April 2 at the age of 81. When her former husband, Nelson Mandela, was in prison, Winnie Mandela became the ...

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose reputation as a hero of the fight to end white-minority rule in South Africa was tainted by kidnapping and fraud convictions, has died. She was 81. The former wife ...

The Mayor of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality (WMMLM) in the Eastern Cape, Daniswa Mafumbatha, has welcomed the ...

A few months after I moved to South Africa in 2009, I expressed the wish to meet Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, to a friend of mine. This friend was a political activist ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of South Africa’s most prominent and polarizing figures, died April 2 at a hospital in Johannesburg. She was 81. Her family confirmed the death in a statement and ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African freedom-fighting activist who sustained the anti-apartheid battle while her husband, Nelson Mandela was in jail, has died. She was 81. Her death was ...