A private ceremony will be held for the respected former Rhodes scholar, political journalist, newspaper editor, author and executive, who passed away in Cape Town on Monday.
Shaun Johnson, founding executive director of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, died in Cape Town on Monday at the age of 60.The Mandela Rhodes Foundation confirmed on Tuesday that its founding executive director, Shaun Athol Johnson, died on Monday.
A private ceremony will be held for the respected former Rhodes scholar, political journalist, newspaper editor, author and executive. "Shaun was a person of tremendous vision, energy, wit, humility, humour and compassion. He poured all these qualities tirelessly into building the Mandela Rhodes Foundation from the ground up, invigorated by Madiba’s vision of changing Africa through its young leaders," said the foundation.
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