- Title: EFF will continue to fight, not to disappoint Winnie Mandela - Malema
- Date: 3rd April 2018
- Summary: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA (APRIL 3, 2018) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF OPPOSITION ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS PARTY (EFF) MEMBERS SINGING AND DANCING AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) FLAG OUTSIDE LATE WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA'S HOUSE/ EFF MEMBERS SINGING AND DANCING OUTSIDE HOUSE EFF LEADER JULIUS MALEMA WALKING THROUGH MEMBERS OF MEDIA / MALEMA ENTERING LATE WINNIE MANDELA'S HOME VARIOU
- Embargoed: 17th April 2018 14:00
- Keywords: Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Soweto
- Location: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA
- City: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00189VM1JB
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- Story Text: The leader of South Africa's far-left Economic Freedom Fighters party, Julius Malema, said on Tuesday (April 3) that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela left a "responsibility" in the EFF's hands and that the party would "continue the fight" following her death.
Madikizela-Mandela, who emerged as a combative anti-apartheid campaigner during her husband Nelson Mandela's decades in jail but whose reputation was later tarnished by allegations of violence, died on Monday (April 2) at the age of 81.
A crowd of around 200 people congregated outside Madikizela-Mandela's Soweto home soon after her death was announced, singing and dancing. The cause of death or nature of her illness was not disclosed
An official memorial service will be held for Madikizela-Mandela on April 11 and a national funeral on April 14, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who declared earlier that South Africans had lost "a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a comrade, a leader and an icon." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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