By More Matshediso
Pretoria - Cabinet has conveyed its condolences to the mother and family of four-year-old Taegrin Morris of Reiger Park, as well as the family and friends of renowned author Nadine Gordimer.
Briefing the media on Thursday following Cabinet’s regular meeting, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi also conveyed Cabinet’s condolences to the families and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine on 17 July 2014.
Taegrin Morris
With regard to Taegrin, who was killed in a hijacking incident, Minister Muthambi said: “Cabinet joins in condemning such brutality, especially on children.”
Meanwhile, Cabinet thanked police and members of the public who assisted in the safe return of Mongezi Phike, who was recently kidnapped when his father was hijacked.
Nadine Gordimer
Minister Muthambi said the Nobel Prize-winning author will always be remembered by South Africa “as a brave activist who used her pen and courageous voice to speak out against the injustices of the apartheid regime”.
“Ms Gordimer was a founding member of the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) and as a member of the African National Congress in 1989, she testified in mitigation of sentence for 11 United Democratic Front leaders and Vaal Civil Association activists,” Minister Muthambi added.
Her books played an important role in the struggle against apartheid.
“[They] documented the effect that institutionalised racism had on the lives of ordinary South Africans.” - SAnews.gov.za
