“Even at 81 (she) was one person I thought would live forever,” Bambatha Mandela said in an emotional tribute. “I had the privilege of being the first grandchild they could raise after (Nelson Mandela) returned from prison.”
Mourners continued to gather at her Soweto home to honour the anti-apartheid fighter after President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that Winnie Mandela memorial service would be held on Wednesday April 11 and a full state funeral on Saturday April 14.
Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.
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