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Winnie Mandela (left) with her husband Nelson Mandela (right) at a rally in Soweto, South Africa in 1990 shortly after his release from 27 years in prison
SOUTH AFRICAN liberation movement icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died today aged 81 after a long illness.
Dubbed “Mama Winnie” and “Mother of the Nation,” Winnie Nomzamo was working as the first black woman social worker at Baragwanath Hospital when leading ANC activist Nelson Mandela was introduced to her by his close comrade Oliver Tambo.
She was just 21 and he, at 39, already had a life of struggle under his belt and was one of 156 accused at the mammoth Treason Trial which collapsed, leading to all the accused being acquitted.
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