Winnie: I would not exploit poor for own ends

WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA, former wife of Nelson Mandela, expressed her anger yesterday at being charged with fraud and theft.

Winnie: I would not exploit poor for own ends

>“It would be the most despicable thing to even suggest I would exploit the poor for my own selfish ends,” she said in the Pretoria Regional Court.

Madikizela-Mandela, president of the African National Congress Women’s League, was testifying in her defence. She and her financial adviser, Addy Moolman, have been charged with 60 counts of fraud and 25 of theft involving about £75,000 from a South African bank. They have denied the charges.

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