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esses were being intimidated on madikizela mandela s orders 74 in a 2017 documentary about the life and activism of madikizela mandela former soweto police officer henk heslinga alleged that former safety minister sydney mufamadi had instructed him to re open the investigation into the death of seipei as well as all other cases made against madikizela mandela for the purpose of charging winnie with murder according to heslinga richardson admitted during an interview that seipei discovered he was an informant and that he killed the child to cover his tracks 75 however at a press conference a few days after madikizela mandela s funeral mufamadi denied the allegations in the documentary stating that helsinga s statements were false 76 77 the documentary had previously been described by in a review by vanity fair as unabashedly one sided and overwhelmingly defensive 78 commentator max du preez called the decision by television station enca to broadcast the documentary in the week prior to madikizela mandela s funeral without context a serious mistake and he described it as making outrageous claims 55 while former trc commissioner dumisa ntsebeza questioned the motives of the documentary maker 79 in january 2018 anc mp mandla nelson mandela s grandson by his first wife evelyn mase called for madikizela mandela s role in the asvat and seipei murders to be probed 80 81 in october 2018 a new biography of madikizela mandela concluded that she had been responsible for the murder of asvat 82 in april 2018 joyce seipei the mother of stompie seipei told media that she did not believe that winnie madikizela mandela was involved in her son s murder 83 in a subsequent interview with uk paper the independent joyce seipei said that she had forgiven madikizela mandela and that during the trc hearings madikizela mandela had told her in the context of her son stompie s murder may god forgive me 56 after the trc hearings madikizela mandela had provided financial support to joyce sepei s family and seipei s home was furnished by the anc 56 trc findings edit further information truth and reconciliation commission south africa the final report of the truth and reconciliation commission trc issued in 1998 found ms winnie madikizela mandela politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights committed by the mandela united football club and that she was responsible by omission for the commission of gross violations of human rights 17 the trc report also stated that the abduction to zambia of the sepei trial witness katiza cebekhulu where he was detained without trial for almost 3 years by the kenneth kaunda government before moving to the uk 68 was done by the anc and in the interests of madikizela mandela 17 the trc found allegations against methodist minister paul verryn to be unfounded and without any merit and that madikizela mandela deliberately and maliciously slandered verryn in an attempt to divert attention away from herself and her associates the trc also found that she was responsible for the abduction of and assaults on stompie sepei and that she had attempted to cover up his death by claiming he had fled to botswana 17 she was found by the trc to be responsible for the 1988 disappearance of lolo sono and siboniso shabalala 9 17 transition to democracy 1990 2003 edit winnie mandela with nelson mandela alberto chissano and his daughter cidalia in museu galeria chissano mozambique 1990 during south africa s transition to multi racial democracy she adopted a far less conciliatory attitude to white south africans and was considered to be as controversial as her husband was before his arrest 22 she was seen on her husband s arm when he was released in february 1990 the first time the couple had been seen in public for nearly 30 years 84 their 38 year marriage ended in april 1992 after rumours of unfaithfulness 85 their divorce was finalised in march 1996 she then adopted the surname madikizela mandela also in 1992 she lost her position as the head of the anc social welfare department amid allegations of corruption 86 26 10 87 madikizela mandela campaigned for the anc in south africa s first non racial elections 26 appointed deputy minister of arts culture science and technology in may 1994 she was dismissed 11 months later following allegations of corruption 88 89 in 1995 prominent members of the anc women s league including adelaide tambo resigned from the national executive committee of that body because of disagreement with madikizela mandela s leadership of the body and amid a controversy about a large donation from pakistani politician benazir bhutto that was not handed over to the league by madikizela mandela 90 91 92 93 she remained extremely popular amongst many african national congress anc supporters in december 1993 and april 1997 she was elected president of the anc women s league although she withdrew her candidacy for anc deputy president at the movement s mafikeng conference in december 1997 94 earlier in 1997 she appeared before the truth and reconciliation commission archbishop desmond tutu as chairman of the commission recognised her importance in the anti apartheid struggle but exhorted her to apologise and to admit her mistakes in a guarded response she admitted things went horribly wrong 95 during the 1990s she associated with the israeli mafia operating in south africa which was involved in extorting the local jewish community and other criminal activity 96 in 2002 madikizela mandela was found guilty by a parliamentary ethics committee of failing to disclose donations and financial interests 97 98 madikizela mandela was often absent from parliament sometimes for months at a time and was ordered by parliament to account for her absences in 2003 10 98 99 100 withdrawal from politics 2003 2007 edit in 2003 madikizela mandela offered to act as a human shield prior to the 2003 invasion of iraq 101 also in 2003 she helped defuse a hostage situation at wits university where a student who was in arrears with fees took a staff member hostage at knifepoint 102 103 104 on 24 april 2003 madikizela mandela was convicted on 435 counts of fraud and 25 of theft and her broker addy moolman was convicted on 58 counts of fraud and 25 of theft both had pleaded not guilty the charges related to money taken from loan applicants accounts for a funeral fund but from which the applicants did not benefit madikizela mandela was sentenced to five years in prison 105 shortly after the conviction she resigned from all leadership positions in the anc including her parliamentary seat and the presidency of the anc women s league 106 in july 2004 an appeal judge of the pretoria high court ruled that the crimes were not committed for personal gain the judge overturned the conviction for theft but upheld the one for fraud handing her a three years and six months suspended sentence 107 return to politics edit madikizela mandela in 2008 when the anc announced the election of its national executive committee on 21 december 2007 madikizela mandela placed first with 2 845 votes 108 109 madikizela mandela criticised the anti immigrant violence in may june 2008 that began in johannesburg and spread throughout the country and blamed the government s lack of suitable housing provisions for the sentiments behind the riots 7 110 she apologised to the victims of the riots 111 and visited the alexandra township she offered her home as shelter for an immigrant family from the democratic republic of the congo citation needed she warned that the perpetrators of the violence could strike at the gauteng train system citation needed madikizela mandela secured fifth place on the anc s electoral list for the 2009 general election behind party president jacob zuma president of south africa kgalema motlanthe deputy president baleka mbete and finance minister trevor manuel an article in the observer suggested her position near the top of the list indicated that the party s leadership saw her as a valuable asset in the election with regard to solidifying support among the party s grassroots and the poor 112 madkizela mandela was largely sidelined by the anc in the post apartheid period 91 113 55 despite her status as an anc mp over much of that period she largely associated with non anc figures including bantu holomisa and julius malema 113 madikizela mandela was a political patron of malema who was expelled from the anc and later formed his own party the economic freedom fighters 22 2010 interview with nadira naipaul edit in 2010 madikizela mandela was interviewed by nadira naipaul in the interview she attacked her ex husband claiming that he had let blacks down that he was only wheeled out to collect money and that he is nothing more than a foundation she further attacked his decision to accept the nobel peace prize with f w de klerk among other things she reportedly claimed mandela was no longer accessible to her daughters she referred to archbishop desmond tutu in his capacity as the head of the truth and reconciliation commission as a cretin 114 the interview attracted media attention 115 and the anc announced that it would ask her to explain her comments regarding nelson mandela 116 on 14 march 2010 a statement was issued on madikizela mandela s behalf claiming that the interview was a fabrication 117 death and funeral edit flag at half staff at the residence of the south african ambassador in tokyo on 4 april 2018 winnie madikizela mandela died at the netcare milpark hospital in johannesburg on 2 april 2018 at the age of 81 she suffered from diabetes and had recently undergone several major surgeries 118 she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year 2 in the lead up to madikizela mandela s funeral in a politically fraught environment 55 soon after the ouster of former president jacob zuma 56 jessie duarte a senior anc leader warned critics to sit down and shut up with economic freedom fighters leader julius malema saying that anyone who accuses mama winnie of any crime is guilty of treason 56 madikizela mandela was granted a special official funeral by the south african government 119 her public funeral service was held at orlando stadium on 14 april 2018 planning for madikizela mandela s funeral was largely handled by her daughters and julius malema and the anc reportedly had to fight for space on the programme 120 at the public service anc and south african president cyril ramaphosa acknowledged that the anc failed to stand by madikizela mandela s side during her legal troubles 121 julius malema 122 delivered an impassioned speech in which he criticised the united democratic front for distancing themselves from madikizela mandela in the 1980s 121 malema also criticised members of the national executive committee of the anc women s league for resigning in 1995 92 because they regarded madikizela mandela as a criminal 121 madikizela mandela s daughter zenani attacked those who vilified her mother calling them hypocrites 123 after the public service her body was interred at a cemetery in fourways in the north of johannesburg during a private memorial service 121 a number of anc figures prepared to defend themselves against the allegations made at the funeral however the anc urged restraint 124 in popular culture edit mandela was portrayed by alfre woodard in the 1987 hbo tv movie mandela woodard earned both a cableace award and an naacp image award for her performance as did costar danny glover who portrayed nelson mandela 125 tina lifford played her in the 1997 tv film mandela and de klerk sophie okonedo portrayed her in the bbc drama mrs mandela first broadcast on bbc four on 25 january 2010 126 jennifer hudson played her in winnie mandela directed by darrell roodt released in canada by d films on 16 september 2011 roodt andre pieterse and paul l johnson based the film s script on anne marie du preez bezdrob s biography winnie mandela a life 127 the creative workers union of south africa opposed the choice of hudson in the title role saying the use of foreign actors to tell the country s stories undermined efforts to develop the national film industry 128 129 though the performances of hudson and terrance howard who portrayed nelson mandela earned praise from many critics the film was a critical and commercial failure in 2007 an opera based on her life called the passion of winnie was produced in canada however she was declined a visa to attend its world premiere and associated gala fundraising concert 130 mandela was again portrayed in the 2013 film mandela long walk to freedom by actress naomie harris british actor idris elba played nelson mandela on viewing the film madikizela mandela told harris it was the first time she felt her story had been captured on film gugulethu okamseleku writing in the guardian stated that the film had returned madikizela mandela to her rightful place recognising her role in the struggle that for south african women was more fundamental than her husband s 131 honours and awards edit in 1985 mandela won the robert f kennedy human rights award along with fellow activists allan boesak and beyers naudé for their human rights work in south africa 132 she received a candace award for distinguished service from the national coalition of 100 black women in 1988 133 in january 2018 the university council and university senate of makerere university kampala uganda approved the award of an honorary doctor of laws lld degree to winnie nomzamo madikizela mandela in recognition of her fight against apartheid in south africa 134 135 in 2021 the mbizana local municipality in the eastern cape which includes her birthplace was officially renamed the winnie madikizela mandela local municipality 136 the town of brandfort in the free state was also officially renamed as winnie mandela 137 in 2022 the section of the r562 road connecting midrand with olifantsfontein was renamed from olifantsfontein road to winnie madikizela mandela road by the city of ekurhuleni in gauteng 138 on 26 september 2023 william nicol drive forming the m81 road and part of the r511 road in the city of johannesburg from sandton to diepsloot in gauteng was renamed to winnie mandela drive 139 140 141 142 143 see also edit list of civil rights leaders list of people subject to banning orders under apartheid the resurrection of winnie mandela 2018 biography of mandela by sisonke msimang list of members of the national assembly of south africa who died in office references edit winnie mandela nndb com 1 2 anti apartheid campaigner winnie mandela dies aged 81 sky news 2 april 2018 1 2 butcher tim 25 april 2003 winnie mandela given five year jail sentence the telegraph archived from the original on 11 january 2022 via www telegraph co uk 1 2 jacob zuma set for presidency brandsouthafrica com 7 may 2009 archived from the original on 4 april 2018 retrieved 4 april 2018 1 2 3 lusher adam 2 april 2018 from mother 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