UWinnie Mandela ubheke eceleni kukaNelson Mandela njengoba bebingelela isixuku sabasekeli. UWinnie noNelson bobabili bayamangala lapho bebuka ngaphandle kwesixuku ngokujabula.
UWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, owayengumkaNelson Mandela, wayehlonishwa abaningi eNingizimu Afrika ngokuthi "uMama wesizwe." Wayeyindlalifa evelele yokulwa nobubandlululo kanye nozombangazwe. UMadidikizela-Mandela ushonele esibhedlela ngemuva kokungenwa yisifo sezinso ngo-2018. Wayeneminyaka engu-81 ubudala.
“Sifanele ukuba siziqhakambise ngokwedlulele, siphunyuke kwinsakavukela yokwencika okwenziwa yilabo abanamandla ezomnotho kithina: labo abalawula izimakethe ezinkulu kanye nalabo abalinga ukwenza umhlaba ube umfanekiso wabo.” ~Nelson Mandela