Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in hospital for kidney infection -news site


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Winnie Madikizela Mandela, ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, smiles as she arrives for the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of late President Nelson Mandela, has been hospitalised for a kidney infection but is expected to make a full recovery, the Times Live online news site said on Tuesday.

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.

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