Winnie Mandela Avoids Jail Term in Fraud Case
Anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela avoided going to jail when an appeals court overturned her conviction for theft and reduced her penalty on remaining fraud counts to a suspended sentence.
Nelson Mandela’s former wife was sentenced in 2003 to five years in jail over a bank loan scam but freed on bail pending an appeal. Pretoria High Court quashed her conviction on 25 counts of theft but upheld 43 counts of fraud.
Codefendant Addy Moolman had all 25 theft convictions against him dropped but 58 counts of fraud upheld, and his five-year jail sentence was cut by just one year.
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