(UTV|COLOMBO) – South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81.
She and her former husband Nelson Mandela, who were both jailed, were a symbol of the country’s anti-apartheid struggle for three decades.
Crowds of mourners and political figures flocked to her home in Soweto, in Johannesburg, after news of her death broke.
Courtesy: BBC
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