Winnie was an emancipator, says Reverend Jessie Jackson
American civil rights activist,
Reverend Jessie Jackson, has described struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
as a freedom fighter who liberated the people of South Africa.
He was speaking outside Madikizela-Mandela’s Orlando West home.
Jackson says he is in the country to attend the funeral of a heroin.
“She went to jail, she faced exile, she was banned, she was attacked by the government and they tried to disrupt, discredit and destroy. Let’s not forget that her pain was alive."
Jackson says while her then-husband Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years, it was Winnie who kept the Mandela name alive.
#WinnieMandela Reverend Jessie Jackson has just addressed the media. He says it was through Mama Winnie that Mandela's memory was kept alive. pic.twitter.com/vGnQLK0F2a
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) April 13, 2018
Madikizela-Mandela’s body will be taken to her home in Orlando ahead of her funeral procession on Saturday.
Hundreds of mourners formed a guard of honour in the streets of Soweto to celebrate her life and the sacrifices she made for the people of South Africa.
#WinnieMandela Reverend Jessie Jackson has just addressed the media. He says it was through Mama Winnie that Mandela's memory was kept alive. pic.twitter.com/vGnQLK0F2a
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) April 13, 2018