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While Nelson Mandela rightly gets credit as the face of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela deserves some of that praise as well. The second wife of the late famed leader passed away Monday after contending with a long illness, and South Africans and others around the world are joined in mourning. Winnie […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s state broadcaster says Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela was married to Nelson Mandela from 1958 to 1996. Mandela was imprisoned throughout most of their marriage and Madikizela-Mandela’s own activism against the apartheid regime led to her being imprisoned […]

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Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is contesting the will of the late anti-apartheid hero in a bid to claim the country estate where he is buried reports the Daily Mail. Relatives of the South African political icon have been bickering over his estate since his death in December 2013, and Mandela’s second wife is now […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela‘s estate, worth roughly $4.1 million, will be shared between his family, members of his staff, schools that he attended and the African National Congress, the movement that fought white rule and now governs South Africa, the will’s executors said Monday. Mandela’s third wife, Graca Machel, is the main beneficiary of […]

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Dr. Maya Angelou, a living legend among us, has delivered a powerful, gripping tribute to Nelson Mandela on behalf of the American people. Released by…

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, remains “quite ill” and unable to speak because of tubes that are keeping his lungs clear of fluid, though he is relaxed, his former wife told a South African newspaper. “He remains very sensitive to any germs, so he has to be kept literally sterile. The […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela‘s family is no stranger to the public eye —its successes and trials have been aired for decades in films, books and the news media. Granddaughter Zoleka Mandela‘s story, perhaps, is the one that no one saw coming. The 33-year-old launched a book in South Africa Tuesday, “When Hope Whispers,” that […]

As an actress, there’s always pressure to outdo yourself. That’s a difficult task in itself, let alone, when your first film garners you an Oscar.…

As an actress, there’s always pressure to outdo yourself. That’s a difficult task in itself, let alone, when your first film garners you an Oscar.…

The Winnie Mandela biopic hits screens on Friday with Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard as the iconic South African couple. It’s but one of two films about Nelson Mandela, as Idris Elba will star as the South African icon in the second pic “Long Walk to Freedom.” In the trailers, “Long Walk to Freedom” with […]

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