Winnie Mandela stands as one of South Africa's most celebrated, yet controversial figures. A struggle icon in her own right, she was married to Nelson Mandela until 1996. Following the fall of Apartheid, she served as a Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister. Her life remains a significant, albeit debated, part of South Africa's history.
On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten.Rounded
A Photographic History of the African National Congress, South Africa, 1912-1982