Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was laid to rest at the Fourways Memorial Park beside her great-granddaughter‚ Zenani‚ on Saturday afternoon. Her burial ceremony followed a five-and-half-hours funeral service held at the Orlando Stadium a few kilometres from her home in Soweto. The sudden downpour of rain over Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon did not deter the crowds who stood along the highways and roads leading to Mandela’s final resting place, while dozens of others were gathered outside the cemetery. The country has been marking and celebrating the life and times of Mandela through memorial services and art since she passed away on April 2 at Milpark Hospital following a long illness. During the funeral service‚ her daughter Zenani Mandela-Dlamini‚ President Cyril Ramaphosa and Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema were among the speakers who paid tribute to Madikizela-Mandela in front of a full stadium. Malema urged the government to name the Cape Town In...
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