Heroine who became ‘Mugger of the Nation’

WINNIE Madikizela-Mandela has long been South Africa’s larger-than-life apartheid heroine, dubbed the “Mother of the Nation.”

But the 66-year-old firebrand, who was convicted yesterday along with her broker Addy Moolman of dozens of counts of fraud and theft, has rarely been far from controversy.

Revered and reviled in almost equal measure, her repeated run-ins with the law have left their mark on her reputation.