Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her official funeral on Saturday, after supporters ...

South Africans bid farewell to liberation fighter Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Saturday in a stirring funeral service at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, with power salutes, tribute songs, tears and cheers.

South Africans gathered Saturday to bid farewell to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid icon hailed as the mother of a nation and a political force. Crowds packed Orlando Stadium in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Her legacy contested in death as in life, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — an anti-apartheid activist and the former wife of Nelson Mandela who was known as “the Mother of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winnie Madikizela Mandela, ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, gestures to supporters at the 54th National ...

And in South Africa, tens of thousands of people gathered in Soweto township on Saturday for the funeral for anti-apartheid hero Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Winnie Mandela was known widely by South ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of late South African President Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 81, her personal assistant said.Winnie Mandela and her former husband were married for ...

Jonny Steinberg tells the story of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a moment when a new generation is reassessing their legacies. By Bongani Kona Representing Nelson and Winnie Mandela ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of antiapartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her official funeral on Saturday ...