It is exactly 50 years since Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe President OR Tambo delivered a January 8th Statement commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the ANC.
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ANC MP Tozama Mantashe has died of Covid-19 complications.
She is the sister of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.
The ANC has hailed Mantashe as a fiery gender activist.
Yet another lawmaker has succumbed to Covid-19.
ANC MP Tozama Mantashe, the sister of ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe, died on Sunday due to Covid-19 complications.
Tozama Mantashe is the 13
th MP to have died of the virus.
In a statement on Monday, ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said Mantashe was hospitalised for a few weeks.
"At the time of her demise, Comrade Tozama Mantashe had served in both the fifth and sixth Parliament and was assigned to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry during the sixth Parliament as well as the National Assembly Rules Committee and Joint Rules Committee," she said.
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Yet another lawmaker has succumbed to Covid-19.
ANC MP Tozama Mantashe, the sister of ANC national
chairperson Gwede Mantashe, died on Sunday due to Covid-19 complications.
Tozama Mantashe is the 13th MP to have died of the virus.
In a statement on Monday, ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said
Mantashe was hospitalised for a few weeks.
"At the time of her demise, Comrade Tozama Mantashe had
served in both the fifth and sixth Parliament and was assigned to serve on the
Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry during the sixth Parliament as well
ANC Parliament
ATM leader Vuyolwethu Zungula and DA MP Cameron MacKenzie also joined in.
Acting ANC parliamentary caucus spokesperson, Nomfanelo Kota, said the ANC will remain true to its non-racist and non-sexist principles.
The ANC will remain true to its non-racist, non-sexist principles and not let the noise made by others keep it from governing the country.
This was acting ANC caucus spokesperson Nomfanelo Kota's response to the xenophobia directed on social media to one of the party's new MPs, Xiaomei Havard.
Havard was born in China, and was sworn in as an MP on Wednesday, along with four other new ANC MPs.
ANC announces Jackson Mthembuâs replacement in the National Assembly
By Sihle Mavuso
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The ANC has moved to fill the two critical political positions that were held by the late minister in the presidency, Jackson Mthembu, by appointing his replacements.
Mthembu was laid to rest on Sunday at his Witbank home in Mpumalanga after succumbing to Covid-19.
The ruling partyâs parliamentary office announced on Wednesday that Mthembuâs position in the national assembly would be filled by Dr Xiaomei Havard from Gauteng.
On Wednesday President Cyril Ramaphosa also announced that Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshaveni would, until further notice, act as the minister in the presidency.
Minister Jackson Mthembu remembered as âgreatly respected and much-lovedâ
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Johannesburg - The ANC, the government and political parties have expressed shock at the death of Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday led the tributes for Mthembu saying he was a dedicated member of his Cabinet.
The ANC also said Mthembu died with his boots on while other parties said he was the public face of the governmentâs response to Covid-19.
Mthembu, 62, died on Thursday following Covid-19 related complications.
Ramaphosa said Mthembu led by example.
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âMinister Mthembu was an exemplary leader, an activist and lifelong champion of freedom and democracy. He was a much-loved and greatly respected colleague and comrade, whose passing leaves our nation at a loss,â said Ramaphosa.