South Africa
Mbeki pays tribute to Rita Ndzanga─── 06:07 Fri, 26 Aug 2022
Rita Ndzanga, a trade unionist and veteran of the ANC, has received high praise from former president Thabo Mbeki
Speaking at Nzdanga's memorial service on Thursday in Soweto, Mbeki said that she played a key role in the liberation of South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa had designated Ndzanga's funeral as a Special Provincial Official Funeral Category 2. Ndzanga passed away last week at the age of 88.
She was the spouse of late struggle icon Lawrence Ndzanga, who passed away in custody in 1977 after serving time for political activism.
Mbeki delivered the keynote address at Nzdanga’s memorial service on Thursday in Soweto.
“Comrades and leaders and people who conducted the mass struggles from the 50s which in the end brought us our liberation, the more we forget what happened and the more we forget its importance. Without the women struggles in which comrade Rita was central we would not be here. So we pay tribute to her because she is therefore an architect of our liberation,” says Mbeki.
