Zindzi Mandela
Zindzi Mandela, youngest daughter Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, passed away at the age of 59.
According to SABC News, Zindzi Mandela died in a Johannesburg hospital during the early hours of Monday morning.
Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said her department was still gathering information about her death.
Zindzi will not only be remembered as a daughter of our struggle heroes, Tata Nelson and Mama Winnie Mandela, but as a struggle heroine in her own right. She served South Africa well,” Pandor said in a statement, expressing her condolences to the Mandela family and their loved ones.Zindzi's death comes 7 years after her father died on 5 December 2013, and her mother Winnie died at the age of 81 in 2018.
May her soul rest in peace.
Her father Nelson, also known affectionately as Madiba, spent 27 years in prison, many of them on Robben Island, before his release in 1990. She was only 18 months old when her father was in prison.
After Mandela was elected president and his divorce from Winnie in 1996, Zindzis was chosen to accompany her father for his inauguration and become South Africa's First Lady stand-in until her father remarried in 1998 on his 80th birthday for the former Mozambique woman Machel.
She walked into the steps of her father by venturing in politics. She rose to international prominence when she read her father's rejection of P.W. Botha's bid for freedom in 1985.
She is the founder of Mandela Legacy, which focuses on the pursuit of economic and political equality. She was serving as South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark.
She is a mother to four children Zoleka, Zondwa, Bambatha and Zwelabo and married to Molapo Motlhajwa. Zindzi’s son, Bambatha shared a tribute to his mother on Instagram with the caption “Lala ngo xolo Madlomo”, which translates to English as “Sleep in peace Madam”.
People have been paying tributes on social media.
Rest in Power #ZindziMandela. Woman of valor and truth. I love how fearless you were. Thank you for all you sacrificed for this country of ours. That we can be who we are today.— Cathy Mohlahlana (@CathyMohlahlana) July 13, 2020
my mother— Sylvester Chauke (@sylvesterchauke) July 13, 2020
sensed a
war in her
womb,
and so she
raised me
to fight.#zindziMandela #RIP pic.twitter.com/Kl2fRWRJ4a
Zoleka lost two children. Survived breast cancer, twice. Lost Madiba and Mama Winnie. Separated from husband and now lost a mother. All in one life. Rest in peace mama #ZindziMandela and thank you for your fight and contribution. pic.twitter.com/xxjK2rTuTf— Itumeleng❤️🇿🇦 (@Vuyiseka_R) July 13, 2020
— Otis Lawrence (@OtisLawrence_) July 13, 2020
— Diego (@Diegonaire) July 13, 2020
Condolences to the Mandela family💔, may your soul rest in perfect peace queen! #ZindziMandela pic.twitter.com/lLsTBTwA4Y— Neoentle Phala👑 (@Neoentle839) July 13, 2020
Rest in Power#ZindziMandela pic.twitter.com/yvGdGtKdRV
— I N D I G O💜 (@khethi_n_) July 13, 2020
You were fearless in tackling real issues. Your history and your life will not be forgotten. Rest in peace daughter of giants, #ZindziMandela. #RIPZindziMandela pic.twitter.com/ytTVtbnuhE— Christo (@ChristoThurston) July 13, 2020
— #BlackExcellence™🌍 (@Sakhi_Afrika) July 13, 2020
Say it isn’t so 💔 #ZindziMandela— Mmabatho Montsho (@MmabathoMontsho) July 13, 2020
— Thabo Shingange ➐ (@thabo_shingange) July 13, 2020
Devastated by the passing of #ZindziMandela. An absolutely fearless woman. May her soul rest in peace 🙏🏾❤️ pic.twitter.com/3dGYuSemyr— Dr. Sithembile Mbete (@sthembete) July 13, 2020
— Naledi_g (@Naledi_g1) July 13, 2020
Various news outlets such as SABC, eNCA & NewzRoom Afrika are reporting that #ZindziMandela has passed on. #RIPZindziMandela condolences to Zoleka, family & friends.— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) July 13, 2020
The giant tree has fallen, the daughter of the soil @ZindziMandela is no more and may your soul Rest In Peace Zindziswa Mandela #RIPZindziMandela ✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/tq7iYth8YZ— Mzilikazi wa Afrika (@IamMzilikazi) July 13, 2020
#ZindziMandela our fearless queen, daughter of Nomzamo, rest well sister. pic.twitter.com/lwh3NHsXPb— Tshegofatso (@tgmaropeng) July 13, 2020
#ZindziMandela, just like Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, was a true icon. She will forever be in our hearts ❤️❤️Rest In Peace 🙏🕊️💔 pic.twitter.com/WYQ56THCfy
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— QUEEN 👑 NALA👑❣️💕 (@NtombiChauke_) July 13, 2020
#ZindziMandela once told Whites that the Land belongs to Blacks as the Land is THEIR birthright as Natives of South Africa who lost it through Colonialism. Then there were attacks leveled against her by the Neoliberal ANC [Thabo Mbeki] with Whites and Blacks called her ‘Divisive’— Great Zulu👑 (@SuperiorZulu) July 13, 2020
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