Tag: Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Mama Winnie docuseries sparks serious online debate

The Trials of Winnie Mandela, the revolutionary new Netflix documentary, has opened up debates on social media about South Africa’s storied and painful past. The seven-episode series, which chronicles the life and times of Winnie Mandela, an activist and the former first lady of the nation when she was married to Nelson Mandela, is directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Mandy Jacobson. […]

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New Winnie Madikizela Mandela book to go on sale in October.

Author Sisonke Msimang has written a book responding to and reflecting on the passing of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and chats to us about it. Following the death of Mama Winnie we watched as there was a scramble to memoralise her, and SA and the rest of the world saw the gaps in our history and […]

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