Photo: LULAMILE FENI

MADIBA’S former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, yesterday sang the praises of expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, who formed part of her entourage during Mandela Day celebrations in Qunu.

Madikizela-Mandela and her daughter Zindzi arrived with Malema and suspended youth leaders Sandiso Magaqa and Floyd Shivambu to officially open a block of rooms at the Mzontsha Child Care Centre at Ngqeleni as part of celebrating former president Nelson Mandela’s birthday.

The home was donated by the Mandela family.

Madikizela-Mandela’s endorsement of Malema comes hot on the heels of her refusal to attend a Mandela Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma in Limpopo. In a letter she lambasted the ANC for “hurting” the Mandela family.

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