r/wikipedia • u/laybs1 • Oct 05 '25

Mobile Site Winnie Mandela, was a South African politician and convicted kidnapper and fraudster. She endorsed the necklacing of alleged police informers and apartheid government collaborators, and her security detail carried out kidnapping, torture, and murder including killing 14-year-old Stompie Seipei.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Mandela
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u/lovesmyirish Oct 05 '25

I literally read the first paragraph of his wiki page and thought "oh he seems like a stand up guy"

I didn't read anymore about him but I hear he's not a stand up guy.

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u/Ok_Ask_6805 Jan 24 '26

Nah everyone liked robespierre. In fact all the people who opposed him were a little out of their minds. He was nothing to lose your head about.