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.
RELATED: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Meet Nelson Mandela’s Widow While Wrapping Up South Africa Tour 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
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