Radebe, who was referred to as uncle by Zindzi and her sister Zenani, told Sowetan that Zindzi had a bond with her mother that was stronger than many people could imagine. IsaacPat Tankmaester
"I was shocked because I got a call at 4.30 this morning that said she had passed on, the first thing that I did was to call uZenani in South Korea, so she's the one who confirmed and I went to the hospital in Morningside this morning."
Radebe recalled how on the eve of the Soccer World Cup in 2010 Zindzi fell apart due to death of her own granddaughter."She played a significant role in her own right in the Struggle in the absence of those two iconic parents and of course her experience was shaped by their experiences. I participated in activities both in the public arena and in the underground, she was even participating in the military side of things," Mpofu said.
He said Zindzi, who lived with her mother when she was banished to Brandfort in the Free State by the apartheid government, had experienced the brutality of the racist system and had in the process developed her own voice."She had been posted to Denmark in 2015 and had been designated to become South Africa's head of mission in Monrovia, Liberia," he said in a statement.
"Zindzi Mandela was a household name nationally and internationally, who during our years of Struggle brought home the inhumanity of the apartheid system and the unshakeable resolve of our fight for freedom," he said.
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