Nelson Mandela’s Daughter Zindzi Dies at 59

The daughter of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zindzi Mandela, has died at 59 in Johannesburg on Monday morning.

This was confirmed by a family source, SABC reports.

Until her death, she was the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.

“The 59-year-old daughter of former president Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of this morning,” said SABC.

She was Nelson Mandela’s sixth child and his second with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.