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ANC NEC to visit Winnie’s home

The African National Congress’ (ANC) entire National Executive Committee (NEC) will on Thursday visit late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s home in Soweto to pay their respects. Madikizela-Mandela passed away on Monday at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg. She was 81-years-old. Scores of dignitaries and prominent personalities on Wednesday visited the home of the anti-Apartheid icon. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a special official funeral to honour the woman who became the […]

5 April 2018

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Farida Omar: Winnie’s story depicts the cruelty of Apartheid against the women of struggle

By Thakira Desai The mother of the nation, Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, has passed away, but memory of her legacy has forced the chalice of buried emotions to be purged throughout the country. Aged 81 at the time of her death, Mama Winnie spent most of her life shackled by the apartheid system. The magnifying glass, however, continues to examine and expose the downfalls of her journey as a woman […]

4 April 2018

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“Though I was the oppressor…we became friends”: Christo Brand

By Thakira Desai Tributes are pouring in from all corners of the globe for the loss of struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, woman revered for her revolutionary activism. As one of several prison guards of former president Nelson Mandela during his incarceration at Robben Island and later at Pollsmoor Correctional Facility, Christo Brand was one of the few people who witnessed the intimate relationship between Mandela and his former wife. In […]

3 April 2018

Winnie Mandela

ANC NEC to visit Winnie’s home

Farida Omar: Winnie’s story depicts the cruelty of Apartheid against the women of struggle

“Though I was the oppressor…we became friends”: Christo Brand

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