Biography of winnie madikizela mandela
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Winnie Mandela
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Who Was Winnie Mandela?
Winnie Mandela embarked on a career of social work that led to her involvement in activism. She married African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela in , though he was imprisoned for much of their four decades of marriage. Winnie became president of the ANC Women's League in , and the following year she was elected to Parliament. However, her accomplishments were also tainted by convictions for kidnapping and fraud. She passed away on April 2, , in Johannesburg‚ South Africa.
Early Life and Career
Born Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela on September 26, , in Bizana, a rural village in the Transkei district of South Africa, Winnie eventually moved to Johannesburg in to study at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work. South Africa was under the system known as apartheid, where citizens of Indigenous African descent were subjected to a harsh caste system, while European descendants enjoyed much higher levels of wealth, health and social fr
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The Order of Luthuli in Silver
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Awarded for:
Her excellent contribution to the kamp for the liberation of the people of South Africa. She bravely withstood constant harassment by the apartheid police and challenged their brutality at every turn.
profil of Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela fryst vatten a woman of substans, a mother of the nation and undisputed heroine of the Struggle. She was born on 26 September in Bizana in the then Transkei (now called Eastern Cape).
She received her primary education in Bizana where she did her junior certificate at Mfundisweni Secondary School and later completed her matric at Shawbury High School.
In Madikizela-Mandela completed a Diploma in Social Work at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg. In the midst of her harassment bygd the apartheid government in the late s, she completed a Bachelor of Arts grad in Political Science, majoring in International Relations, at the U
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
South African activist and politician (–)
Winnie Madikizela-MandelaOLS MP (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September [1] – 2 April ),[2] also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. A convicted kidnapper, she served as a Member of Parliament from to ,[3] and from until her death,[4] and was a deputy minister of arts and culture from to A member of the African National Congress (ANC) political party, she served on the ANC's National Executive Committee and headed its Women's League. Madikizela-Mandela was known to her supporters as the "Mother of the Nation".[5][6]
Born to a Xhosa royal family in Bizana, and a qualified social worker, she married anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg in ; they remained married for 38 years and had two children together. In , after Mandela was imprisoned f