Winnie Mandela charged with kidnapping

Winnie Mandela was formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events surrounding the murder of Stompie Seipei Moeketsi in December 1988. Moeketsi was a young activist and member of the infamous Mandela Football Club, established by Winnie Mandela as a front for the political mobilisation of township youths to stand against apartheid. Jerry Richardson abducted Seipei and three other boys from the Methodist manse in Soweto, and took him to Winnie Mandela's home. Richardson alleged that Winnie Mandela initiated the torture of Seipei, who was sjamboked and bounced on the floor by Richardson. Related previous This Day in History archives Click here to read Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced Click here to read Seipei's murderer goes to jail