Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailNelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie has been rushed to hospital with a kidney infection. (Image: PETER MOREY/AFP/Getty Images)(Image: AFP)"She is expected to make a full recovery and should spend approximately a week in hospital . Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had to be admitted to hospital in October last year for a procedure on her knee. The couple had separated two years before he became South Africa's President in 1994. Despite their divorce, and his second marriage in 1998, Winnie maintained close ties to her former husband.

Source: Daily Mirror January 23, 2018 18:53 UTC