Winnie Mandela, South Africa’s former First Lady, passed away on Monday (April 2) as reported by the BBC. She was 81.
Family spokesman Victor Dlamini said she “succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones.” She reportedly died following a long illness.
The former wife of Nelson Mandela — South Africa’s first black president — was synonymous with the anti-apartheid movement for over three decades. Due to her staunch political beliefs, she was often kept under surveillance, tortured, thrown in solitary confinement for over a year and temporarily banished to a remote town. But she always remained steadfast in her convictions.
The couple wed in 1958 and had two daughters before Nelson was arrested in 1963. On February 11, 1990, she was photographed alongside her then-husband as he walked out of prison after serving 27 years. Upon his release, they were officially married for another six years before their divorce was finalized in 1996.
In 2016, South African President Jacob G. Zuma gave Mrs. Mandela one of the country’s highest honors — the Order of Luthuli — for her contributions made in the fight for democracy.
Several members of the Hip Hop community took to social media to celebrate Mrs. Mandela’s achievements. Chuck D, Pharoahe Monch and Rapsody were among the many who expressed their condolences.[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Thank you for all you’ve done Queen
Next to every great man is an even greater woman. Rest In Power!
Mandelas turned apartheid into white genocide in SA. Now it’s a shithole of a country, used to be a prospering place. It all changed once blacks got into power. Sad but true, these are the facts, like it or not. Nelson Mandela was a terrorist tbh and the entire ANC is nothing but puppets of the jevvs.
Just fuck off and die, you absolute shitbag.
Bro Don’t Talk shit on Mandela and Winnie. your couldn’t fight for you in high school yet you are here dissing a Hero who sacrificed his time and family for his country. Before you diss Mandela and Winnie go ask your father why he didn’t fight for you when bullies where in your pants at school.
off the record, Most Africans don’t like Americans because y’all guys when y’all in the USA y’all talk shit about Africa, y’all laugh about our struggles but you want us to welcome you when you come here, being fake calling Africa “the motherland’ GTFO. Stay There,we do not need you. Stay with Trump!!
Its sad that all the racists are crawling back out into the light after her death. I have my reservations about her but the past is the past! Colonization/apartheid wasn’t pretty in Africa, so if ur white and don’t have anything good to say just remain silent!
Rest in Power Queen