OBITUARY | Jackson Mthembu, the ANC s voice of a political era Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu died on Thursday morning of Covid-19 related complications. File photo. Image: GCIS
During some of the most crucial years of the ANC s post-1994 existence, Jackson Mthembu, 62, was the voice of the ruling party. He was a stalwart whose interaction with the media would become synonymous with that of the ruling party.
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Mthembu, the minister in the presidency, had succumbed to Covid-19 related complications.
Mthembu s life was nothing short of hard-fought and his allegiance in the fight against the apartheid regime was evident.