South Africans gathered Saturday to bid farewell to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid icon hailed as the mother of a nation and a political force. Crowds packed Orlando Stadium in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Her legacy contested in death as in life, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — an anti-apartheid activist and the former wife of Nelson Mandela who was known as “the Mother of the ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of late South African President Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 81, her personal assistant said.Winnie Mandela and her former husband were married for ...

SOWETO, South Africa, April 14 (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa's Soweto township on Saturday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a funeral ...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- The South African government will honor Winnie Madikizela-Mandela with an official national funeral. The anti-apartheid icon, who was married to Nelson Mandela for 37 years, ...

NELSON Mandela died with his wife Graca Machel and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the woman who he bitterly divorced in 1996, at his side. As preparations are made to celebrate Nelson Mandela's life at ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

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 ...