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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Newcastle \u2013 In a rare tribute, senior ANC politicians in KwaZulu-Natal, have put aside their differences to remember the late Dr Frank Mdlalose, the province\u2019s first democratic premier whose role in bringing peace and development is being cherished.<\/p>\n

In a funeral service held in Madadeni township, Newcastle in the north of the province, members of the ruling party took turns to praise Mdlalose.<\/p>\n

First to pay his glowing tribute was Dr Musa Ngubane, the district mayor of Amajuba (anchored in Newcastle) who said the late Mdlalose, in many aspects, was \u201ca pioneer\u201d and a local \u201cdoyen\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ngubane told mourners a rare told story, one where Mdlalose was the first black medical doctor from the township and instead of deserting it, he came back to open a medical practice that did not only serve black patients, but later became a breeding ground for other black medical doctors.<\/p>\n

Among the black doctors that worked at Mdlalose\u2019s practice was Ngubane himself and later Dr Sbongiseni Dhlomo, the former KZN MEC for health who now chairs parliament\u2019s portfolio committee on health.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe opened his medical practice in Madadeni and later some black doctors were groomed from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong them was me and Dr Dhlomo (who was also part of the mourners),\u201d Ngubane said.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Mdlalose was the first mayor of Madadeni, the forerunner of the present Amajuba district municipality and one mourner, current MEC for Health Nomagugu Simelane, remarked that since then, almost all mayors of Newcastle and Majuba, have been medical doctors.<\/p>\n

As a principled politician, Mdlalose was never engulfed by any corruption scandal.<\/p>\n

Paying tribute to her father, Makhosazana Mdlalose who is a councillor in the Newcastle municipality, attributed that to the fact that he was an upright man.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe believed that once you start telling lies you are paving the way to a corrupt route.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe used to say that if you tell lies, then you can steal (from the public),\u201d Mdlalose\u2019s daughter said in her tribute to her father.<\/p>\n

Mdlalose, 89, passed away on Saturday, leaving three children, his wife, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

[email protected]<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Newcastle \u2013 In a rare tribute, senior ANC politicians in KwaZulu-Natal, have put aside their differences to remember the late Dr Frank Mdlalose, the province\u2019s first democratic premier whose role in bringing peace and development is being cherished. 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