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 ...

South Africa’s former president and first lady found love in a hopeless time, while fighting against apartheid. Nelson Mandela escorts his wife Winnie to court during her trial for kidnapping 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Explore 'The Trials of Winnie Mandela', a Netflix documentary that offers an authentic, nuanced portrayal of one of South Africa's most fascinating and contested figures. Co-produced by her ...

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 ...

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 ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, died in a hospital on Monday after a long illness, her family said Monday. She was 81. "She succumbed ...

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 ...