South African Mourners Visit Home of Madikizela-Mandela

Women’s league members from South Africa’s ruling party sang outside Madikizela-Mandela’s house in the Soweto area of Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Julius Malema, an opposition leader, later spoke to a crowd of supporters outside the home, saying South Africans must “bid farewell to a giant.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that a state funeral will be held for Madikizela-Mandela on April 14. She died at age 81 after an illness.

Madikizela-Mandela was persecuted by the apartheid government, and venerated by many South Africans, because of her activism against white minority rule. Her reputation was sullied by scandals, including a 1991 conviction for kidnapping and assault.