Winnie Madikizela Mandela remembered, a year on
Anti-apartheid activist, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being remembered today - one year since her death.
Madikizela-Mandela died on this day at the age of 81, following a long illness.
Loved ones have paid tribute to former wife of president Nelson Mandela - at the Fourways Memorial Park in Johannesburg.
Political figures, and prominent South Africans have taken to social media to pay their respects to Mam' Winnie.
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Big Mama words fail me. The reality of your loss still so hard to swallow, even after all this time. Your giant presence, strength&resilience has left a hole, but also a legacy in which to carry forward.
— CATHERINE Constantinides (@ChangeAgentSA) April 2, 2019
Your legacy is our responsibility #WinnieMadikizelaMandela #SheMultiplied ✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/1h7qmi0HDL
“We have a shared destiny, a shared responsibility to save the world from those who attempt to destroy it,” Mama Winnie-Madikizela-Mandela #sheMultiplied #WinnieMadikizelaMandela #IAmWinnieMandela pic.twitter.com/cosPtWHGNt
— #GrowSouthAfrica (@MYANC) April 2, 2019
It’s a year since the passing of #WinnieMadikizelaMandela - now there’s a proposal for William Nicol Drive to be renamed after her - do you support the move? Who was he anyway? #702Breakfast
— Bongani Bingwa - (@bonglez) April 2, 2019
#WinnieMadikizelaMandela
— LELE M (@SpheleleMbele_) April 2, 2019
In memory of our beautiful mother
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Today we remember Mama #WinnieMadikizelaMandela who travelled a very long road with Madiba & was a member of a generation of leaders who survived the most brutal period of state terror during apartheid. She was also a friend of the NMF. You will always be remembered Mangutyana pic.twitter.com/hqB4bTNv1e
— NelsonMandela (@NelsonMandela) April 2, 2019
Today marks a year since our nation lost one of its greatest patriots, but the mark she left will never be removed. What set uMama #WinnieMadikizelaMandela apart was the compassionate leader that she was, she stayed rooted among her people & led them until the very end pic.twitter.com/3AZ8YZzgYj
— Min. Nathi Mthethwa (@NathiMthethwaSA) April 2, 2019