Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi dies at 59

Zindzi Mandela
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The daughter of South Africa's anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zindzi Mandela, has died.


She died in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59.


Information says, the death has been confirmed by a family source. 


She was the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.


"The 59-year-old daughter of former president Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of this morning,".


She was Nelson Mandela's sixth child and his second with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

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