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The memorial service was held for the late actor Busi Lurayi at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 19 July 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

Jessie duarte

Weekly wrap: Rest in power to Jessie Duarte, Bra Don Mattera & Busisiwe Lurayi

By Duduzile Masuku

This week's news was no short of overwhelming as per usual in South Africa. The country recently suffered losses of giants in their own right and we pay tribute...

  • FILE: Deputy President David Mabuza. Picture: @DDMabuza/Twitter

    Mabuza calls on ANC members to abandon internal squabbles

    Mabuza, who is tipped to still be in the running for another term in office, believes factionalism has taken away the focus of the party's mandate to serve South Africans.

    28 days ago
  • Former President Thabo Mbeki at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg during his 80th birthday celebrations on 27 June 2022. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Former ANC leader Mbeki warns that SA could see uprising triggered by discontent

    Thabo Mbeki made the comments on the back of the country's record-high unemployment, concerning crime trends and energy insecurity.

    28 days ago
  • ANCWL convenor Baleka Mbete. Picture: African National Congress/Twitter

    Mbete: Jessie Duarte’s death couldn’t have come at a worse time for ANC

    She was speaking at Duarte’s memorial service in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon.

    29 days ago
  • FILE: FILE: ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte. Pictures: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    WATCH LIVE: Jessie Duarte's memorial service under way

    Duarte died in the early hours of Sunday morning following an eight-month battle with cancer.

    29 days ago
  • FILE: ANC’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte briefing the media at the national results operation centre in Pretoria. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC top brass to celebrate life of late Jessie Duarte at Joburg memorial service

    Duarte died in the early hours of Sunday morning following an eight-month battle with cancer.

    29 days ago
  • ANC DSG Jessie Duarte briefing the media at the national results operation centre. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    ANC provincial structures to host memorial services for late Jessie Duarte

    ANC provincial structures to host memorial services for late Jessie Duarte.

    30 days ago
  • FILE: Ace Magashule and Jessie Duarte at the ANC provincial general council on 28 November 2017. Picture: Twitter/@MYANC

    Magashule: Duarte wanted some of the ANC issues to come out once she is no more

    Insiders say a handshake and light banter between Ace Magashule and party president Cyril Ramaphosa at Duarte’s home on Sunday meant nothing in the greater battle for the soul of the ANC.

    32 days ago
  • FILE: Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and Jessie Duarte in 2017. Picture: Twitter/@MYANC

    Magashule praises Jessie Duarte as a 'unifier'

    Embattled Ace Magashule worked closely with Jessie Duarte in the governing party's secretariat. He said he would remember the stalwart as a principled leader.

    32 days ago
  • Ace Magashule. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    Duarte died with some of the ANC's top secrets, says Magashule

    Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule revealed to journalists that the pair often visited former President Jacob Zuma.

    32 days ago
  •  ANC's Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte was laid to rest on Sunday, 17 July 2022. Picture:GCIS

    ANC remembers Jessie Duarte as champion for women and the oppressed

    She had been on medical leave since November only announcing a few months ago that she was battling cancer.

    32 days ago
  • 'Hamba kahle Mkhonto we Sizwe': Jessie Duarte laid to rest

    On 17 July 2022, President Cyril Ramapahosa delivered the eulogy at Jessie Duarte's funeral. Duarte passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 69. She was undergoing treatment for cancer and had been on medical leave since November 2021.

    33 days ago
  • FILE: ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte. Pictures: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Gender equality activist who fought against sexism, patriarchy - EFF on Duarte

    South African politicians have hailed the late ANC Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte as a formidable leader - adding that her passing is not only a loss for the governing party but for South Africa as a whole.

    33 days ago
  • Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa declares a special official funeral for Jessie Duarte

    Duarte who played a vital role in South Africa's liberation struggle - lost her 8-month battle with cancer on Sunday morning at the age of 68.

    33 days ago
  • ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte at a media briefing on 22 September 2021. Pictures: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Jessie Duarte described as an outstanding citizen, vital part of the struggle

    She passed away at the age of 68 in the early hours of this morning after a battle with cancer.

    33 days ago
  • FILE: ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte. Picture: Christa van der Walt/Eyewitness News

    A look at the life and times of Jessie Duarte

    Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born in Coronationville, on Johannesburg’s west rand on the 19th of September 1953.

    33 days ago
  • FILE: ANC’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte briefing the media at the national results operation centre in Pretoria. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC dismisses reports that Jessie Duarte has passed away

    The party said those spreading the fake news should take responsibility or it would approach relevant authorities over the matter.

    117 days ago
  • Bathabile Dlamini at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 24 November 2021. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Contentious changes to ANC subcommittees are here to stay as Dlamini awaits fate

    ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini is a step closer to being asked to “step aside” after she was found guilty of perjury.

    145 days ago
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