Winnie was beautiful inside and outside, says ANCWL president

Winnie was beautiful inside and outside, says ANCWL president

African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) president Bathabile Dlamini has paid tribute to the late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Bathabile Dlamini
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Speaking outside of Mam' Winnie's house in Soweto on Tuesday, Dlamini praised Madikizela-Mandela's inner beauty. 


"Mam' Winnie had a good heart, she was beautiful outside and inside," she said. 

 

She also praised Madikizela-Mandela for her spirit of activism.

 

"She always stood with the poor, she always fought for the powerless." 


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Various political organisations came to pay their last respects at Mam Winnie's House in Orlando West.


Madikizela Mandela died at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Monday. She was 81. 

 

She will be buried in a official national funeral on 14 April in Fourways, north of Johannesburg. 


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