Commissioner Tim Maseko
10 January 2007
Pretoria - South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will
attend the funeral service of South Africa�s High Commissioner to Namibia the
late Tim Maseko at the Walter Sisulu Hall in Randburg, Johannesburg at 10h00 on
Friday, 12 January 2007.
The late High Commissioner Tim Maseko, born 1935, had served in his
illustrious career as South Africa's Ambassador to Bulgaria, Ghana and
Chile.
He also served as the African National Congress (ANC) Chief Representative
to Denmark and Director of the ANC's Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in
Mazimbu, Tanzania in the 1980s as well as in the underground structures of the
ANC in Swaziland.
Minister Dlamini Zuma, in her message of condolence following the
announcement of the death of the High Commissioner said, "Death has once more
robbed our country and its people of a cadre in our quest to create a better
South Africa in a better Africa and better world."
"The Maseko family can draw inspiration from the knowledge that Tim Maseko
lived his life to the fullest having enjoyed the fruits of his labour in our
efforts to create a better life for all South Africans."
"On behalf of President Thabo Mbeki, the government and the people of South
Africa, we share in the pain and sorrow of the Maseko family while extending
our heartfelt condolences to the broader Maseko family."
For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
10 January 2007
