Zindzi Mandela: Last News

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has died aged 59, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. Daughter to Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

«Ambassador Mandela passed away in the early hours of today, 13 July 2020, in a Johannesburg hospital,» Ramaphosa said in a statement.The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.She had been designated to become South Africa's envoy to Liberia after her stint in Copenhagen, which started in 2015.She was born and raised in Soweto and was educated both at home and in neighbouring Swaziland.Zindzi grew up while her father was incarcerated by the apartheid regime for 27 years.Like her parents, she was involved in the liberation struggle and was an active member of the African National Congress (ANC).One of her most prominent moments was in 1985 when she read out — in front of a huge crowd of ANC supporters at a stadium — a letter in

It’s been just revealed that the daughter of Nelson Mandela, Zindzi Mandela passed away. She was only 59 years old.

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