Zindzi mandela
A year of losses: High-profile deaths in 2020
Jobs were lost due to the effects of COVID-19, people’s health took a toll, and many lost family members, friends and even celebrities who they loved.
EFF leader Julius Malema was among the few mourners allowed to attend the late ambassador’s funeral early on Friday.
The lecture, themed Mandela in Conversation with Palestine, takes place a day before Mandela Day, which marks Madiba's birthday.
The activist and ambassador to Denmark died at a Johannesburg hospital on Monday after contracting COVID-19.
Mandela was laid to rest at the Fourways Memorial Park in north Johannesburg on Friday morning.
Ambassador and anti-apartheid activist Zindzi Mandela is being laid to rest today after she passed away earlier this week.
Speaking at the ANCWL virtual memorial service for Mandela on Thursday, Ramaphosa said SA has lost another leader.
Zindzi Mandela loved life so much that she could never live it to tiptoe around anyone's fragile sensibilities, writes Yonelo Diko.
It said considering the COVID-19 global health crisis, it asked those who would like to send condolences to the Mandela family to rather go to the foundation and sign the book there.
Zindzi Mandela, who served as South Africa's Ambassador to Denmark, died on Monday at a Johannesburg hospital.
Zindzi Mandela was many things. She showed up as a hero, an icon, a daughter, a fighter, and so much more, writes Qondile Khedama.
In a post on his Instagram, Mandla Mandela said death had snatched another member of their family too soon and left a gaping chasm of pain.
Mandela served as South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark since 2015.
The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation has also sent its condolences.
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Amos Masondo hailed her contribution to the freedom of the people of this country and said that her inspiring tenacity and strength would forever be etched in their minds.
Mandela's outspoken nature put her on a collision course with Dirco when she tweeted her views about land expropriation.
"She was a very angry young woman; and she was a voice of young people, clear about everybody’s role in the struggle."
“Her spirit joins Tata Madiba and Mama Winnie in a reunion of leaders to whom we owe our freedom.”
The speech she made on 10 February of that year was a response to then-President PW Botha, who had offered to release Mandela, only if he obliged to a number of conditions - all of which were rejected.