Friends, family of late David Mabuza gather at his Mpumalanga home to pay respects

BARBERTON - Friends and family of the late Deputy President David Mabuza continue to honour his memory and legacy, with mourners gathering at his home in Mpumalanga to pay their respects.

The African National Congress (ANC)’s first deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, is leading the party’s delegation to his farm in Barberton on Saturday afternoon.

Mabuza passed away on Thursday at a hospital in Sandton after a short illness.

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It’s anything but an ordinary day at the Mabuza homestead, as his family prepares to lay to rest a loved one whose death has left them stunned and grieving.

Dozens of ANC members from across Mpumalanga have filled the yard, paying tribute to a leader they held in the highest esteem.

Struggle songs and sombre hymns rise into the air as friends, comrades and neighbours try to bring comfort to a family facing one of their darkest moments.

Mabuza is being remembered for his role in consolidating the ANC’s support in the province and for helping to build a democratic South Africa after 1994.

An ANC delegation is expected to formally convey the party’s condolences to the family on Saturday afternoon.