Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, dies at 59

TIL Desk/World/Johannesburg/ Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa”s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died here on Monday, the family has confirmed. She was 59.

Zindzi Mandela, who was South Africa”s incumbent Ambassador to Denmark, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning.

The cause of her death was not immediately revealed. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said her department was still gathering information regarding her death.

“Zindzi will not only be remembered as a daughter of our struggle heroes, Tata Nelson and Mama Winnie Mandela, but as a struggle heroine in her own right. She served South Africa well,” Pandor said in a statement. She leaves behind four children. The news of her death was also shared on Twitter by son Bambatha.