Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Didn't Die, 'She Multiplied'

A sea of green-and-black-clad women of all ages sway in the stands of Orlando Stadium in Soweto, clapping their hands, chanting and singing — all in honor of the late anti-apartheid stalwart, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who died on April 2, at the age of 81, and was laid to rest on Saturday in Johannesburg.

They applauded when a speaker at Madikizela-Mandela's official memorial service in Soweto on Wednesday warned against continuing patriarchy – black and white — and prejudice in South Africa. She said the woman who became the public face of the struggle against white-minority rule had always fought against such discrimination.

And many — especially young South African women — appear to have taken that message to heart. The passing of Madikizela-Mandela has spurred a burgeoning