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Domestic worker Nobukhosi Stompie told the BBC she travelled through the snow on her way to work, and had never seen anything like it.

Most notoriously, Madikizela-Mandela was found guilty of ordering the kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy, Stompie Seipei, also known as Stompie Moeketsi, who was beaten and killed by members of her personal bodyguard in 1989.

She had been convicted of kidnapping 14-year-old Stompie Sepei, and many believed she was guilty of far worse crimes.

In 1991 she was convicted of the kidnapping of 14-year-old Stompie Seipei, an anti-apartheid activist who was later stabbed to death.

Any fair-minded person cannot reflect on Mrs Madikizela-Mandela's life without mentioning 14-year-old Stompie Sepei.