Free State town of Brandfort renamed Winnie Mandela

The late struggle stalwart Winnie Mandela was banished to the small town by the apartheid government in 1977.

The small town of Brandfort in the Free State will be renamed Winnie Mandela.“I, Nathi Mthethwa, minister of sport, arts and culture, officially approved the following geographical name, in terms of section 10 of the South African Geographical Names Council Act ,” reads the gazette.

She lived there until the mid-1980s, when she returned to her home in Soweto.The department of arts & culture said the name change was one of the ways that the department is honouring Winnie Mandela’s legacy. “It is pivotal that our geographical names reflect the history of such icons,” the department said in a statement.

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