Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa, has died, according to a new report.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been hospitalized for a kidney infection, but is expected to make a full recovery, her family said.

Nelson Mandela’s (pictured below left) second wife, Winnie Madikizela Mandela (pictured above) has reportedly legally challenged the will of the late South African president and anti-apartheid activist, contending she and her descendants should have ownership of the family’s ancestral home in Qunu on the Eastern Cape where he was buried last December, according to the […]

Who is Nelson Mandela’s wife? Nelson Mandela is married to Graca Machel, his third wife. Nelson Mandela married Machel on July 18, 1998—his 80th birthday—just over two years after divorcing his second wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who he married in 1958. The famed South African leader and anti-apartheid crusader had two of his six children with […]