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Zindzi Mandela dies aged 59

The daughter of former President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela


Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela has died at the age of 59.

The news was confirmed on Monday morning by the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

The daughter of former President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela served as South Africa's ambassador to Denmark.

Mandela died in a Johannesburg hospital during the early hours of the Monday morning

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said her department was still gathering information regarding her death.

"Zindzi will not only be remembered as a daughter of our struggle heroes, Tata Nelson and Mama Winnie Mandela, but as a struggle heroine in her own right. She served South Africa well,” Pandor said in a statement, expressing her condolences to the Mandela family and their loved ones.

"May her soul rest in peace."


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