Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolences to the Mbeki family following the passing on of former President Thabo Mbeki’s mother, Eppainette Mbeki, this morning.
"Words are not adequate to explain the sad loss of this mother of our nation. We wish to express, on behalf of government and all South Africans, our deepest condolences and the nation's solidarity with the Mbeki family at this hour. May her soul rest in eternal peace," said President Jacob Zuma on Saturday.
The 98-year-old, who was the wife of late African National Congress and South African Communist Party stalwart Govan Mbeki, died in East London, Eastern Cape. She had been in hospital.
“A consummate activist in her own right who dedicated her life and that of her family to the struggle for liberation in South Africa from an early age, Mrs Mbeki was fiercely outspoken on political and socio-economic issues till the end,” said the Presidency in a statement.
Funeral arrangements, he said, have not been finalised. - SAnews.gov.za
