Former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela Is Dead

Winnie Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and former wife of late South African President Nelson Mandela, dies at the age of 81.

The death of the South African anti-apartheid campaigner was made known by her personal assistan.

Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.

The couple – famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years – were a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly three decades.

However, in later years her reputation became tainted legally and politically which resulted in her husband leaving her. She never remarried