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South African cabinet minister dies of COVID-19

South African cabinet minister dies of COVID-19

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER JACKSON Mthembu, South Africa’s minister in the Presidency, passed today from COVID-19 complications. South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the passing of a man who has become the first member of his executive to die from a pandemic that has claimed over 34 000 lives in SA and infected over 1.3-million. Mthembu was the spokesperson of the government and the face of its campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of COVID-19. He hosted many media conferences where his colleagues in government outlined government programmes to combat the pandemic. Ramaphosa said: "It is with deep sorrow and…
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