Wife of Nelson Mandela from 1958–1996.
BA International Relations
Spent many years in exhile during the time of her then husbands imprisonment, remaining however, a strong and active opponent of white minority rule
Winnie lived a life under close surveillance
With allegations of militant rhetoric, her reputation became questionable to many people, and In 1991, Winnie was convicted of kidnapping and being an accessory to assault.
In a 1998 report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission, it allegedly stated that it found
"Ms Winnie Madikizela Mandela politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights committed by the MUFC."It concluded that she had personally been directly responsible for the murder, torture, abduction and assault of numerous men, women and children, as well as indirectly responsible for even larger number of such crimes"
I will now provide a historical list of a few pro apartheid South African presidents
*To be amended/updated to rectify inaccuracies.. my apologies.. work in progress*
Charles Robberts Swart
Jozua François Naudé
Jacobus Johannes Fouché
Johannes de Klerk
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs
Marais Viljoen )
Balthazar Johannes Vorster)
Marais Viljoen
Pieter Willem Botha
Chris Heunis )
Frederik Willem de Klerk
The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klek in 1993
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
* Note to self.. must do justice to this post - to be reworked*
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