Winnie Mandela Turns 80

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South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle icon and former wife of the late Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela turned 80 on Monday.

A series of events have been taking place to honour her.

The Africa National Congress Women’s League organised a party for her on the famous Vilakazi Street in Soweto, where she once lived.

Mr Mandela did not speak at the event but this comes days after she addressed a press conference where she called for a’ fresh layer of leadership’ for the embattled ruling ANC.

She also asked government to find a way to solve the #FeesMustFall crisis which has turned violent across the country.

She also pleaded with the students to refrain from violence and destruction of their school infrastructure.

#FeesMustFall is a student led protest movement that began in mid October 2015 in response to an increase in fees at South African universities.

Protests started at the University of Witwatersrand and spread to the University of Cape Town, the University of Pretoria and Rhodes University before rapidly spreading to other universities across the country.