The ANC’s deputy secretary general, Jessie Duarte has died.Duarte was 68 years old.JOHANNESBURG – The ANC’s deputy secretary general, Jessie Duarte has died.Duarte was 68 years old.

/ Billy Sigudla

Jessie Duarte passes away

Jessie Duarte, deputy secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC), sings the South African National Anthem outside Luthuli House, the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg, on May 12, 2019.
Jessie Duarte

JOHANNESBURG – The ANC’s deputy secretary general, Jessie Duarte has died.

Duarte was 68 years old.

In a statement, the ANC says Duarte died in the early hours of Sunday morning after a months-long battle with cancer.

She had been on medical leave since November last year.

The party expressed its sadness, saying her death is a great loss, not only to her family, ‘but also to the party and the country as a whole’.

The governing party has described her as a dedicated activist who strived for a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa.

Duarte is set to be buried on Sunday afternoon as per Muslim rites.

Details of her memorial service will be communicated in due course.

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