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Zoleka Mandela, activist, writer and granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 43 from cancer in different parts of her body, her family announced today.
"Zoleka passed away on the afternoon of Monday, September 25, surrounded by friends and family," the Mandela family said in a statement released Tuesday on Instagram.
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The activist had been admitted to the hospital on Monday 18 to "follow a treatment of metastatic cancer in the hip, liver, lungs, pelvis, brain and spinal cord."
The statement said recent scans had revealed "significant disease progression, including pulmonary fibrosis and several emboli (blood clots)."
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In South Africa she was known for her books about her drug and alcohol addictions, which she overcame, the death of her daughter and her battles with cancer.
The South African lost her 13-year-old daughter in a car accident during the opening of the World Cup held in her country in 2010.
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He died a day before what would have been the 87th birthday of his grandmother, Winnie Mandela, a South African activist and politician who fought against apartheid.
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