JOHANNESBURG (Xinhua) - The daughter of Nelson Mandela and Venezuela Madikizella Mandela has died at the age of 59, local media reported on Monday. Zandzi Mandela has been South Africa's ambassador to Denmark since 2015.
According to Pakistan Daily, Zandzi was admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg on Sunday night where he died on Monday morning. Thousands of South Africans have paid tribute to him on social media. He was praised for his unwavering courage in the fight against inequality. Zandzi gained international fame in 1985 when the white minority government condemned him on the condition that he condemn violence in the African National Congress's fight against apartheid. Nelson Mandela's father offered to release him from prison. Zandzi read out his father's letter to a crowd of thousands in the city of Soweto, in which Nelson Mandela rejected the offer, broadcasting the rally around the world. had gone.
