South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has
been hospitalised for a kidney infection but is expected to make a full
recovery.
According to SA Times Live, quoting her spokesman Victor Dlamini,
said the 81-year-old had complained of a “loss of appetite” and that
“one of her legs was painful”. She was taken to Milpark Hospital in
Johannesburg on Sunday.
“Upon admission‚ it was discovered that she had an infection that had
affected her kidneys. “She is expected to make a full recovery and
should spend approximately a week at the hospital‚” Dlamini was quoted
as saying in a statement on Tuesday night. Madikizela-Mandela’s
personal assistant, Zodwa Zwane, directed all queries to Dlamini, who
was not immediately available for comment.
Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former South African president Nelson
Mandela, has been in and out of hospital since 2016 for back and knee
surgery. During her ex-husband’s 27-year imprisonment for his fight
against apartheid, Madikizela-Mandela campaigned for his release and the
rights of black South Africans, undergoing arrest and banishment.