The heroine of the anti-apartheid movement who became a 'blood soaked bully' who shamed Mandela: As Winnie dies aged 81, ANDREW MALONE reveals the dark side of that cannot be swept under the carpet

One should not speak ill of the dead, but I shall make an exception. Winnie Mandela was an odious, toxic individual who continued to preach hatred rather than reconciliation right up to the end of her life.

She was an enthusiastic supporter of new laws to seize white-owned land without compensation — a move that could trigger the economic collapse of the country.

Yet for all her beauty, Winnie was a disturbed individual. From an early age she was troubled by the fact that her mother was half-white, believing that her blood had somehow become ‘polluted’.

According to her biographer, Emma Gilbey, Winnie’s mother was hated by some of her own family on account of her pale skin, blue eyes and red hair. ‘Her childhood was a blistering inferno of racial hatred,’ says Gilbey.

Winnie and Nelson married in 1958 and lived in Soweto, the South African township that became synonymous with opposition to white rule. They had two daughters before Mandela was jailed briefly in 1960 for his opposition to apartheid.

She was a high-profile opponent of apartheid, infamously calling for black South Africans to liberate their country with ‘matches and their necklaces’ — tyres filled with petrol and set ablaze round the necks of her enemies. She also developed a fondness for cheap brandy and spent much of her time hopelessly drunk.

Repeatedly arrested for her role in township uprisings, in 1977 she was placed under house arrest and then banished to a remote town, where she was constantly harassed by the government’s security apparatus.

Eventually, in 1986, she was allowed to return to Johannesburg, where she was portrayed to the world by the African National Congress (ANC) propaganda machine as a heroic figure battling for justice for her husband and the black masses.

In truth, she was a bitter woman consumed by hate who increasingly was turning to violence and murder, living off her husband’s name and ruthlessly protecting her own interests financially.



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I remember her speeches supporting and encouraging those ghastly necklace murders. If you've ever had the misfortune to see footage of that, you'd realise this woman had a dark heart.

Good riddance to the murdering bitch!


A book called "The bang bang club" tells a good story of what was going on years ago...

She invented the neck tyre , putting it over people's heads then lighting them. Poor people burned to death. A bloody nasty, hated woman. No tears now she's gone I bet.