Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Madikizela-Mandela, Winifred Nomzamo Zanyiwe
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- Zami
- Nobandla
- Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie
- Mandela, Winnie
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Description area
Dates of existence
26 September 1936 - 2 April 2018
History
Social worker, anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist. Member of the ANC. Married to Nelson Mandela, 1958–96 (separated 1992). Mother of Zenani and Zindziswa Mandela. First qualified black medical social worker at the Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg. Held in solitary confinement for seventeen months in 1969. Placed under house arrest from 1970 and subjected to a series of banning orders from 1962 to 1987. Established the Black Women’s Federation, 1975, and the Black Parents’ Association, 1976, in response to the Soweto Uprising. President of the ANCWL, 1993–2003. ANC MP.
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Relationships area
Related entity
Mandela-Dlamini, Zenani (4 February 1959 -)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-00990
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Mandela-Dlamini, Zenani is the child of Madikizela-Mandela, Winifred Nomzamo Zanyiwe
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Mandela, Zindziswa (23 December 1960 - 13 July 2020)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-04003
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Mandela, Zindziswa is the child of Madikizela-Mandela, Winifred Nomzamo Zanyiwe
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Xaba, Niki Iris Jane Nondyebo (
1932–1985
)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-03285
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Xaba, Niki Iris Jane Nondyebo is the sibling of Madikizela-Mandela, Winifred Nomzamo Zanyiwe
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Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (18 July 1918-5 December 2013)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-00750
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla is the spouse of Madikizela-Mandela, Winifred Nomzamo Zanyiwe
Dates of relationship
1958-06-14 - 1996-03-19
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Authority record identifier
ZA-COM-03936
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Draft