Editing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (section)

==Marriage to Nelson Mandela==
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Madikizela met lawyer and anti-apartheid activist [[Nelson Mandela]] in 1957, when he was still married to [[Evelyn Mase]].<ref name="BBC 2 April 2018">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela of South Africa|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23357267| author=Staff|date=2 April 2018|website=[[BBC News Online]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> She was 22 years old and standing at a bus stop in [[Soweto]] when Mandela first saw her and charmed her, securing a lunch date the following week.<ref name="theguardian1" /> The couple married in 1958 and had two daughters, [[Zenani Mandela-Dlamini|Zenani]] (born 1959) and [[Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane|Zindziswa]] (born 1960). Mandela was arrested and jailed in 1963 and was not released until 1990.<ref name="wpost3decades">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/02/winnie-and-nelson-mandelas-marriage-survived-three-decades-of-prison-but-not-freedom/|title=Winnie and Nelson Mandela's marriage survived three decades of prison – but not freedom|first=Cleve R. Jr.|last=Wootson|date=2 April 2018|website=Washingtonpost.com}}</ref>

The couple separated in 1992. They finalised their divorce in March 1996 with an unspecified out-of-court settlement. During the divorce hearing, Nelson Mandela rejected Madikizela-Mandela's assertion that arbitration could salvage the marriage, and cited her infidelity as a cause of the divorce,<ref name="independentDivorceLonliestMan" /> saying "...&nbsp;I am determined to get rid of the marriage".<ref name="independentDivorceLonliestMan">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mandela-winnie-made-me-the-loneliest-man-1342765.html|title=Mandela: Winnie made me the loneliest man|date=19 March 1996|first=Robert|last=Block |newspaper=The Independent|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404142524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mandela-winnie-made-me-the-loneliest-man-1342765.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her attempt to obtain a settlement up to US $5million (R70 million)&nbsp;– half of what she claimed her ex-husband was worth&nbsp;– was dismissed when she failed to appear in court for a settlement hearing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n21_v89/ai_18170308|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716022024/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n21_v89/ai_18170308|url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2012|title=Nelson and Winnie Mandela divorce; Winnie fails to win $5&nbsp;million settlement|date=8 April 1996|work=Jet}}</ref>

When asked in a 1994 interview about the possibility of reconciliation, she said: "I am not fighting to be the country's First Lady. In fact, I am not the sort of person to carry beautiful flowers and be an ornament to everyone."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derwinpereiramedia.com/singapore/derwin-pereira-invest-to-rebuild-s-africa-call-by-winnie-mandela.html|title='Invest to rebuild S. Africa' call by Winnie Mandela|date=22 June 1994|publisher=Pretoria|last=Pereira|first=Derwin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225113225/http://derwinpereiramedia.com/singapore/derwin-pereira-invest-to-rebuild-s-africa-call-by-winnie-mandela.html|archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

Madikizela-Mandela was involved in a lawsuit at the time of her death, claiming that she was entitled to Mandela's homestead in [[Qunu]], through customary law, despite her divorce from Nelson Mandela in 1996. Her case was dismissed by the [[Eastern Cape Division|Mthatha High Court]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2016-04-07-winnie-loses-court-battle-over-mandela-qunu-home-1|title=Winnie loses court battle over Mandela Qunu home|last=Agency|newspaper=Mail and Guardian}}</ref> and she was reportedly preparing to appeal to the [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]] at the time of her death, after failing at the [[Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa|Supreme Court of Appeal]] in January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/winnie-loses-appeal-in-battle-for-madibas-qunu-homestead-20180119|title=Winnie loses appeal in battle for Madiba's Qunu homestead|publisher=News24|date=19 January 2018|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404142236/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/winnie-loses-appeal-in-battle-for-madibas-qunu-homestead-20180119|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1877378/mama-winnies-dying-wish-still-unfulfilled-2/|title=Mama Winnie's dying wish|first=Simnikiwe|last=Hlatshaneni|work=The Citizen|date=4 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/winniemandela-bodyguard-reveals-her-final-moments-14232423|title=#WinnieMandela bodyguard reveals her final moments|work=The Star|first=Lindile|last= Sifile|date=4 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="fiveTimesLetDownMg"/>