Daughter of Nelson Mandela dies in Johannesburg hospital

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa's anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has passed away, public broadcaster SABC has reported.

She passed away in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59.

The death has been confirmed by a family source, SABC reports.

She was the South African ambassador to Denmark.

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