Winnie Mandela , the ex -wife of South African anti - apartheid fighter and former president Nelson Mandela , died on Monday at the age of 81 , her spokesman said.
She died in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness , spokesman Victor Dlamini said in a statement.
Winnie Mandela , who was married to Nelson Mandela for 38 years , played a key part in the campaign to end white -minority rule but her place in history was also stained by controversy.
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