Thousands of people have attended a memorial service in South Africa to commemorate the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The anti-apartheid campaigner and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, died on 2 April.
South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza told the crowd that Ms Madikizela-Mandela fought racial domination, class exploitation and gender oppression.
A state funeral will be held on 14 April.Many people were draped in the colours of the African National Congress, which led the fight against apartheid.Mourners gave the Black Power salute, as speakers recalled how imprisonment and solitary confinement failed to break Ms Madikizela-Mandela.Some wore shirts bearing the image of Ms Madikizela-Mandela, and had the words hamba kahle, or farewell, printed on them.Students were also among the mourners, paying tribute to a generation of activists who brought about the downfall of apartheid in 1994.
