Mama Winnie was persecuted by the apartheid regime, and disowned by her own – Julius Malema

Paying tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the leader of the EFF, Julius Malema, said she had put the country first, above her own personal safety, to fight for the liberation of her people from the apartheid regime. In spite of this, he said, her own organisation had turned its back on her.