Zindzi Mandela

Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark
from South Africa
In office
2015 – 13 July 2020
PresidentJacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Stand-in
First Lady of South Africa
In office
1996–1998
Serving with Zenani Mandela-Dlamini
(sister)
PresidentNelson Mandela
(father)
Succeeded byGraça Machel
(step-mother)
Personal details
Born
Zindziswa Nobutho Mandela

(1960-12-23)23 December 1960
Soweto, Union of South Africa
Died13 July 2020(2020-07-13) (aged 59)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Resting placeFourways Memorial Park Cemetery
Spouses
  • Zwelibanzi Hlongwane
    (divorced)
  • Molapo Motlhajwa
    (m. 2013)
Children4, including Zoleka
Parents
Relatives
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town

Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela (23 December 1960 – 13 July 2020),[1] also known as Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, was a South African diplomat and poet, and the daughter of anti-apartheid activists and politicians Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Zindzi was the youngest and third of Nelson Mandela's three daughters, including sister Zenani Mandela.[2][3]

She had served as her country's ambassador to Denmark, until her death in 2020,[4] and was due to take up a post as ambassador to Liberia.[5] She served as a stand-in First Lady of South Africa from 1996[dubiousdiscuss] to 1998.[6]

Her collection of poems, Black As I Am, was published in 1978, with photographs by Peter Magubane.[7]

  1. ^ "JUST IN: Zindzi Mandela, 59, has died". News24. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ Smith, David (7 July 2012). "Nelson Mandela's daughters emerge from his shadow to forge careers". The Observer. London. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ Swails, Brent; Bukola Adebayo (16 July 2020). "Zindzi Mandela tested positive for Covid-19 on the day she died, son says". CNN. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ "South Africa's ambassador to Denmark Mandela dies aged 59". thelocal.dk. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. ^ Chutel, Lynsey (13 July 2020), "Zindzi Mandela, Activist in South Africa and Ambassador, Dies at 59", The New York Times.
  6. ^ Oluoch, Derrick (14 July 2020). "Zindzi Mandela: South Africa's former first lady, apartheid heroine dies at 59". Eve – Achieving Woman. Standard Media.
  7. ^ Valela, Ntombizikhona (13 August 2020). "Remembering Zindzi Mandela, the writer". New Frame. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.