Zindzi Mandela, the eldest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is dead at the age of 59.
She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday, July 13. News of Zindzi’s death has been confirmed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Zindzi Mandela’s son, Bambatha also shared a photo of his mother with the caption “Rest in Peace”.
The deceased who is survived by her husband and four children, served as South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark. She first took up her position as the ambassador to Denmark in 2015.
She was 18 months old when her father was sent to prison. Her mother was also imprisoned often at that time, leaving her in the care of her elder sibling, Zenani. In 1977 her mother Winnie was banished to Brandfort, then in the Orange Free State, and Zindzi moved with her, taking her out of her normal life. She then moved to Swaziland and upon finishing high school, enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a law degree.
In 1985, she read her father’s letter at a public meeting while he was in prison