President Jacob Zuma has learned with sadness of the passing of Mr Mlungisi Sisulu, the second son of Walter and Albertina Sisulu, who passed away last night in Johannesburg, where he was under treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Affectionately known as Lungi, Mr Sisulu was an activist and later a businessman who over the years was involved in a number of business ventures while involved in the African National Congress (ANC) underground structures, notably during the 1980s when he ran a small shop in Soweto, affectionately known as Shop 7 and later a poultry wholesale business, Fine Foods.
Among the many roles he played in the underground structures was harbouring UMkhonto weSizwe units in Shop 7, at great risk to himself and providing unstinting support to his brother Jongi Sisulu and other MK cadres during the terrorism trials of the 1980s.
"South Africa has lost a dedicated and formidable patriot who was born into the struggle for the liberation of his country and became a formidable activist and leader in his own right. We wish to express, on behalf of government and the whole of South Africa, our deepest condolences to the Sisulu family, their friends and comrades in the ANC. Their loss is the nation's loss. May his soul rest in peace,” said President Zuma.
Enquiries:
Bongani Majola
Cell: 082 339 1993
E-mail: bonganim@presidency.gov.za
