Africa-Press – Namibia. PRESIDENT Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has extended condolences to the South African people and the family of the former South African Deputy President, David Dabede Mabuza, who passed away on Thursday, 3 July 2025.
“I have learned with utmost sadness about the passing of the former Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. David Mabuza. The fraternal people of South Africa and the African National Congress have lost an outstanding leader who served his nation with dedication. We shall remember Cde Mabuza for working tirelessly for unity and the socio-economic emancipation of South Africans and the region at large,” President Nandi-Ndaitwah said.
Mabuza served as the Deputy President of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023. The Namibian Presidency further described him as a respected statesman, liberation fighter, and long-serving leader in the African National Congress (ANC), who also served as Premier of Mpumalanga Province from 2009 to 2018.
“During this hour of grief for the South African nation, I would like to reassure our South African brothers and sisters that we are mourning with you. Your loss is also our loss. On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Namibia, I extend sincere condolences to his wife, Madame Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi, the children, the entire bereaved family and the South African people at large,” President Nandi-Ndaitwah added.
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