South Africa: Geingob Bids Winnie Mandela Farewell

16 April 2018

Windhoek — What set the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela apart was that she never elevated herself above the people, President Hage Geingob said at the funeral of the late Madikizela-Mandela. Geingob said they came to mourn and to celebrate a life of a daughter of the African soil, who did not choose to be larger than life, but through her selfless actions, became a towering figure in the milieu of the liberation struggle.

"She was a woman who was the epitome of black female resistance against oppression, racism and imperialism," he added.

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