The intricacies of Mandela's heart, mind and spirit are revealed in his electric, three decade long relationship with Winnie Madikizela. It was a love story, tempered tragically by the political ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winnie Mandela, the former first lady of South Africa and wife of Nelson Mandela, passed away at age 81. She died at Netcare ...

On Monday, anti-apartheid hero and South African icon Winnie Mandela passed away, leaving behind a legacy that will never be forgotten. Social media was flooded with tributes to the former wife of ...

Before she was Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was Nomzamo as a little girl – a Xhosa name which means ‘the one who tries.’ And she did… all her life (which ended earlier this week.) Her teacher mother ...

I remember like literally sitting on my bed just sobbing at what I was reading and what I was discovering about my ...

In 1990, when Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela finally toured America, she caused a stir. She made no pretenses about her commitment to Black people in America. While her the husband Nelson Mandela ...

Editor’s Note: Zimbabwean-born Farai Gundan is a speaker and commentator on the role of women in Africa. She’s a graduate of the master in public administration program at Harvard Kennedy School and ...

Jonny Steinberg tells the story of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a moment when a new generation is reassessing their legacies. By Bongani Kona Representing Nelson and Winnie Mandela ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her... New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands’ return from ...

I remember sitting in Winnie Mandela’s Soweto backyard in the days leading up to her husband’s release from prison in February 1990. Her thick black curls seemed electrified — emblematic of the ...

Orlando Stadium overflowed in Johannesburg’s Soweto township on Saturday, April 14, during the state funeral for anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of the late Nelson ...