UWinnie noNelson Mandela base beshadile iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nasishiyagalombili, futhi babona imizamo yabo yokuqinisekisa ukuthi inkululeko yabo bonke eNingizimu Afrika ifezeka lapho uMandela ekhethwa njengomongameli ngo-1994. UMadiba noWinnie bashada ngo-14 Nhlangulana 1958 futhi babe namadodakazi amabili, uZenani ( owazalwa ngoNhlolanja 1959) noZindzisi (owazalwa ngoZibandlela 1960) ngaphambi kokuboshwa ngo-1962.
Ngemuva kokuthi uMandela akhululwe ejele ngo-1990, uWinnie wayeseceleni lapho ehambela imihlangano eminingi, izenzakalo futhi wahamba emhlabeni wonke ukukhuthaza ukuthula eNingizimu Afrika kanye nomkhankaso we-African National Congress. Nakuba umshado wabo ungakwazanga ukuhlala, babenomlando ojulile wothando nokuzibophezela.
“Singawushintsha umhlaba siwenze indawo engcono. Kusezandleni zakho ukwenza umehluko.”~Nelson Mandela