Winnie Madikizela-Mandela led the anti-apartheid struggle for decades. As a leader of the struggle, she spent periods under house arrest and in exile. In 1969� she was detained under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act of 1967 and spent 18 months in solitary confinement in a condemned cell at Pretoria Central Prison before being charged under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. During her solitary confinement, she was tortured and beaten in custody.