She was a great revolutionary, steeled in her convictions and fortified with the courage to resist tyranny in all forms. When her husband, the revered Nelson Mandela was taken away from the family and locked behind bars, Winnie took up the mantle, never ceasing to challenge the white supremacist apartheid regime. In his absence and with great difficulty and amidst trying moments she nurtured and cared for her offspring produced from her union to Nelson Mandela. But Winnie Madikizela Mandela did not only belong to the nation of South Africa but to all of Africa and even to progressive humanity the world over. WE SALUTE YOU WINNIE MADIKEZELA MANDELA AND MAY THE GREAT GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS RECEIVE YOU AND GUIDE YOU ALONG HIS CELESTIAL PATH.

Source: Daily Observer April 04, 2018 02:15 UTC