President Jacob Zuma has received with sadness the news of the passing of Mrs Epainette Mbeki, mother of former President Thabo Mbeki, in East London in the Eastern Cape today.
She was the wife of the late African National Congress and South African Communist Party stalwart Mr Govan Mbeki.
A consummate activist in her own right who dedicated her life and that of her family to the struggle for liberation in South Africa from an early age, Mrs Mbeki was fiercely outspoken on political and socio-economic issues till the end.
"Words are not adequate to explain the sad loss of this mother of our nation. We wish to express, on behalf of government and all South Africans, our deepest condolences and the nation's solidarity with the Mbeki family at this hour. May her soul rest in eternal peace," said President Jacob Zuma.
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