Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Zindzi Mandela, Daughter of South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Icons, Dies VOA News Zindzi Mandela, daughter of South African anti-apartheid icons Nelson and Winne Mandela, has died in Johannesburg at the age of 59. State broadcaster SABC said Mandela died at a hospital in the South African capital, but did not reveal a cause of death. Her death was confirmed by the ruling African National Congress, which herfather led in the struggle against South Africa's white minority-ruledapartheidregime,then as the country's first Black president. .