Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Winnie Mandela Biography and Timeline

Follow Winnie Mandela through 2 dated historical records for South Africa.

Winnie Mandela, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1997–1997Years on this page

1997

Commission

Politics / ANC

Winnie Mandela rejects nomination, her political career ends as she announces she will not run for Deputy President of African National Congress following her questioning at Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated her role in murder

Assassination of Abu Baker Aswat

Politics / ANC

Abu Baker Aswat, a Soweto doctor, was killed, Thulani Dlamini is later convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, Dlamini testifies in that Winnie Madikizela Mandela paid him for the murder

Records, sources and methodology

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