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Five Fast Facts on Winnie Mandela

Published:Monday | April 2, 2018 | 12:00 AM
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Winnie Mandela displays her fist at a women's movement event in Kingston during her visit.
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Winnie Mandela displays the Keys to the City after receiving the symbolic gesture during a ceremony organised as part of her visit to Jamaica.
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Winnie Mandela (centre) arrives with her husband, South African President Nelson Mandela, at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston in 1991. At left is former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley.
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Winnie Mandela at a function with former Prime Minister Michael Manley.
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South Africa's Winnie Mandela has died.

Winnie, the ex-wife of the late anti-apartheid leader and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, was 81 years old.

Here are five #FastFacts about Winnie Mandela: 

1. Born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela on September 26, 1936

2. Married anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela in 1958

3. Served as the Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology of South Africa, 1994- 1996

4. Visited Jamaica on July 24, 1991 with then husband Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid champion and former president of South Africa

5. Convicted of theft and fraud in 2003