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Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela, the late former president of South Africa, has died in Johannesburg.
Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor confirmed her death in a statement on Monday and offered her condolences.
“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.
The 59-year-old, who was the younger daughter of Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died on Sunday evening in a Johannesburg hospital, according to state broadcaster SABC.
The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.
Mandela was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

A spokesperson for the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the political party which Nelson Mandela led and which won the country’s first democratic elections in 1994, expressed condolences on SABC.
“Zindzi was part of the ANC when we were fighting for the liberation of our people,” spokesperson Pule Mabe said.
Zindzi and her older sister Zenani grew up without their father, who was incarcerated for 27 years for his stance against the racist apartheid regime ruing South Africa.
She became known for her defiance and youth activism and famously read out one of her father’s speeches in 1985 because he was unable to.
She remained outspoken on various social, political and economic issues in South Africa.



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Zindzi Mandela. Photo: AP

FILE — In this Oct. 1992, file photo, the late Nelson Mandela, center, holds the hand of his daughter, Zindzi, at her marriage in Johannesburg. Zindzi Mandela, age 59, has died early Monday at a Johannesburg hospital according to state media. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham/File)

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Flowers and tributes at a memorial outside the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela before her funeral ceremony on April 14. Photo: AFP

TOPSHOT - EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / South African military personnel bring in the coffin of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Orlando Stadium for the funeral ceremony in Soweto, South Africa on April 14, 2018. South Africa will lay to rest anti-apartheid icon and Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie Mandela with full state honours at a stadium funeral in Soweto on April 14. The ceremony will conclude 10 days of national mourning during which time thousands of South Africans have paid tribute to the "Mother of the Nation" at her Soweto home and elsewhere. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

TOPSHOT - Mourners sing and dance during the official funeral ceremony of late Anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madizikela-Mandela at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on April 14, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa will lay to rest anti-apartheid icon and Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie Mandela with full state honours at a stadium funeral in Soweto on April 14. The ceremony will conclude 10 days of national mourning during which time thousands of South Africans have paid tribute to the "Mother of the Nation" at her Soweto home and elsewhere. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

Daughters of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zindzi Mandela and Zenani Dlamini Mandela, speak at their mother's funeral in Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa, April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

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The final results, in number of seats in parliament for the parties who won seats, are displayed at the results ceremony at the Independent Electoral Commission Results Center in Pretoria, South Africa Saturday, May 11, 2019. South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Saturday marked its weakest victory in national elections in a quarter-century, while Ramaphosa declared that the vote had given him and others "a firm mandate to build a better South Africa for all." (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Zindzi was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death
The country’s foreign minister described her as a struggle heroine in her own right



Zindzi was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.


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Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies at 59

Zindzi was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death The country’s foreign minister described her as a struggle heroine in her own right

Zindzi was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death

The country’s foreign minister described her as a struggle heroine in her own right