Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, arrives at the High Court in Pretoria, South
South African anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela avoided going to jail today when a court partly upheld an appeal and reduced her prison sentence for fraud to a suspended sentence.
The ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela was sentenced last year to a total of five years in prison for a fraud scheme involving bogus bank loans.
She had stayed out of prison until her appeal was heard.