CULTURETECHLENSWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Combined Graph record U-01288 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0269. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away on 2 April 2018 at Netcare Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, at age 81; she was one of the greatest icons of the struggle against apartheid, known far and wide as the Mother of the Nation, and she kept the memory of her imprisoned husband Nelson Mandela alive during his Robben Island years.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away on 2 April 2018 at Netcare Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, at age 81; she was one of the greatest icons of the struggle against apartheid, known far and wide as the Mother of the Nation, and she kept the memory of her imprisoned husband Nelson Mandela alive during his Robben Island years.
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- Also known as: Winnie Mandela
- Role(s): activist, political leader
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- https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/winnie-madikizela-mandela-passes-away (verification source · master store)
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away on 2 April 2018 at Netcare Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, at age 81; she was one of the greatest icons of the struggle against apartheid, known far and wide as the Mother of the Nation, and she kept the memory of her imprisoned husband Nelson Mandela alive during his Robben Island years.
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