Model Naomi Campbell, Zindzi Mandela and Makaziwe Mandela on stage during the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 at FNB Stadium on December 2 2018.A pastor close to the Mandela family says they are heartbroken and struggling to come to terms with the death of Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela, 59, in a Johannesburg hospital in Monday morning.
Rivas‚ who was involved in the funeral arrangements for Madikizela-Mandela‚ said he would remember Zindzi as a strong icon in the movement.“She was the one who picked up her mother’s banner and kept the spirit of her mom alive. “With Zindzi’s death‚ aged just 59‚ South Africa loses an important generational link connecting our divided history to the promise of better‚ more inclusive‚ tomorrows.”Winnie Mandela returns to her Soweto home in 1975 after six months in jail for contravening her banning order, to be greeted by her daughters Zenani, 16, left, and Zindzi, 14.The Tutu foundation said Zindzi was regarded by many as a child of the nation.
In 1985 State President PW Botha offered Nelson Mandela his freedom on condition that he ‘unconditionally rejected violence as a political weapon’. His daughter Zindzi in turn read out his rejection letter to a mass gathering in Soweto.“We will also remember her as a special soul‚” Koti said. In a 2008 interview with Al Jazeera‚ she recalled meeting him for the first time when she visited him in prison with her mother.
“That is just the kind of remark a father would like to hear about his beloved child. I literally swelled with pride and satisfaction‚” he wrote about Zindzi. Nelson Mandela's grandson Zozuko Dlamini Mandela, second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and daughter Zindzi Mandela arrive at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg to attend the memorial service for the former president on December 10 2013.
Zindzi was married twice. From her first marriage to businessman Zwelibanzi Hlongwane she had four children: Zoleka Mandela ‚ Zondwa Mandela ‚ Bambatha Mandela and Zwelabo Mandela-Hlongwane . In 2013 she remarried‚ to former SA National Defence Force member Molapi Motlhajwa. The marriage ended after about a year.
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