'Praising her now shows you are hypocrites': Zenani Mandela
An emotional daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has hit out at those who have been at the forefront of criticism against the late struggle stalwart during her life and since her passing.
Zenani Mandela has been addressing the thousands of mourners at Orlando Stadium where she's questioned the convenient timing of some of the truths about her that have emerged.
"For those who have not had the time or courage to go beyond the quick headlines or rushed profiles, I urge you to search the archives so that you will fully appreciate who my mother really was and why her life story matters so much," she said.
Former Police Commissioner, under the apartheid government, George Fivaz, was not spared.
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Fivaz recently publicly cleared Madikizela-Mandela of the 1989 murder of then 14-year-old Stompie Seipei whose body was found near Madikizela-Mandela's home.
"I was particularly angered by the former police commissioner, George Fivaz, for cruelly only coming out with the truth after my mother's death. Those of you who vilified my mother through books, social media and speeches - don't think for a minute that we have forgotten. The pain you have inflicted on her lives on in us. Praising her now that she is gone shows what hypocrites you are," Mandela said.