Ambassador
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of African icon, Nelson Mandela died on Sunday night
at age of 59 in a Johannesburg hospital.
She was
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela’s youngest daughter.
“Her spirit
joins Tata Madiba and Mama Winnie in a reunion of leaders to whom we owe our
freedom,’’ Ramaphosa said on Monday.
Ramaphosa
offered his condolences to the Mandela family and the rest of the diplomatic
family.
At the time
of her death, was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark.
She was
designated to become South Africa’s Head of Mission in Monrovia, Liberia. She
was serving as her country’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.
She also
served as Deputy President of the Soweto Youth Congress and was a member of the
Release Mandela Campaign.
“I offer my
deep condolences to the Mandela family as we mourn the passing of a fearless
political activist who was a leader in her own right,’’ the president said.
He said the
fact that her death was a few days before Nelson’s birthday which is on July 18
was sad.
“Our sadness
is compounded by this loss being visited upon us just days before the world
marks the birthday of the great Nelson Mandela,’’ Ramaphosa said.
Ramaphosa
praised Zindzi’s involvement in the liberation struggle against apartheid.
“Zindzi
Mandela was a household name nationally and internationally, who during our
years of struggle brought home the inhumanity of the apartheid system and the
unshakeable resolve of our fight for freedom,’’ Ramaphosa said.
He also
applauded her for the role she played after the country gained democracy.
“After our
liberation she became an icon of the task we began of transforming our society
and stepping into spaces and opportunities that had been denied to generations
of South Africans,’’ he said.
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