Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually expelled her from the position of deputy minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The decision to expel Winnie Mandela was unanimously hailed by parliamentary parties as well as the African National Congress (ANC) and its aligned structures, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ANC Youth League. Though Nelson Mandela did not give reasons why he had expelled Winnie, he hinted that the former deputy minister should review her position and seek to improve her conduct in a position of responsibility.
eventREF E-0013201Revised
27 March 1995
Winnie Mandela is dismissed from government
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for March 1995, p 40438
- 02Keller, B., Winnie Mandela Out of Cabinet For Defying Presidential Orders, from The New York Times, [online], Available at www.nytimes.com [Accessed: 05 March 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Winnie Mandela is dismissed from government. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013201
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