Mother of the nation Winnie Madikizela-Mandela turns 81
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JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 28: Former wife of Nelson Mandela Winnie Madikizela-Mandela waves after speaking to the press outside Nelson Mandela House in Soweto on June 28, 2013 in Johannesberg, South Africa. People continue to gather and lay flowers and tributes outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated for a lung infection on his 21st day in hospital. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 01: Struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela with President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa during the African National Congress (ANC) 5th national policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre on July 01, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference is a gathering of about 3500 delegates from branches across the country to discuss the party’s policies going into the elective conference in December, where changes and new policies will be ratified. (Photo by Gallo Images / City Press / Muntu Vilakazi)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 28: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, makes a statement to the media outside their first family home in the Soweto Township on June 28, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. People continue to gather and lay flowers and tributes outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated for a lung infection on his 21st day in hospital.. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 14: Winnie Mandela attends an African National Congress (ANC) led alliance send off ceremony for former South African President Nelson Mandela at Waterkloof military airbase on December 14, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa. The ANC held an official send off ceremony as the body of former South African President prepares to make one final journey to his hometown of Qunu for burial. Mr. Mandela passed away on the evening of December 5, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in jail for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 14: South African president Jacob Zuma (L) shares a joke with with Winnie Mandela, a former wife of Nelson Mandela, during an African National Congress (ANC) led alliance send off ceremony for former South African President Nelson Mandela at Waterkloof military airbase on December 14, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa. The ANC held an official send off ceremony as the body of former South African President prepares to make one final journey to his hometown of Qunu for burial. Mr. Mandela passed away on the evening of December 5, 2013 at his home in Houghton at the age of 95. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in jail for his activism against apartheid in a racially-divided South Africa. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 10: Mandela's wife Winnie Mandela (L) and his daughter Zindzi Mandela (R) attend ANC's 103rd birthday celebrations at Cape Town Stadium, South Africa, on January 10, 2015. (Photo by Ashraf Hendricks/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 07: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela casts her ballot at the Orlando West Voting Station at the Orlando West Secondary School during the 2014 South African General Election on May 7, 2014 in the Soweto Township in Johannesburg, South Africa. Polls have opened in South Africa's fifth general election since the end of apartheid over 20 years ago. President Jacob Zuma is expected to return to power with the ANC party however his election campaign has been marred by allegations of corruption and he is expected to lose some ground to other parties. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
