We hear that a woman of substance, South African anti-apartheid veteran, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has been hospitalized for a kidney infection.
A spokesman for the 81-year old woman, Victor Dlamini, said she had complained of “loss of appetite” and that “one of her legs was painful” and she was subsequently taken to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg last Thursday.
According to Dlamini, “Upon admission‚ it was discovered that she had an infection that had affected her kidneys. She is expected to make a full recovery and should spend approximately a week at the hospital‚”
Madikizela-Mandela’s personal assistant, Zodwa Zwane, directed all queries to Dlamini, who has been bombarded with phone calls and emails from concerned admirers from various parts of the globe.
Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former late South African President, Nelson Mandela, has been in and out of hospital since 2016 for back and knee surgery.
During her ex-husband’s 27-year imprisonment for his fight against apartheid, Winnie Mandela campaigned for his release and the rights of black South Africans, which earned her arrests and banishment.
