S.Africa bids emotional farewell to 'Mama Winnie' Mandela

Mourners attend a memorial service for the late anti-apartheid stalwart Winnie Madikizela Mandela at Orlando Stadium on April 11, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. [Photo: Courtesy]

Thousands of mourners on Wednesday flocked to the heart of South Africa's sprawling Soweto township, a centre of anti-apartheid resistance, to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela's former wife and struggle hero Winnie Mandela.

Her grandson Bambatha Mandela described Winnie, who died on April 2 after a long illness, as "an extraordinary woman, a mother, a soldier, a fighter".