Pretoria - The second son of struggle stalwarts Walter and Albertina Sisulu passed away last night in Johannesburg while being treated for pancreatic cancer.
The Presidency on Wednesday said President Jacob Zuma had learned with sadness of the passing of Mlungisi Sisulu, who was affectionately known as Lungi.
The President said South Africa has lost a dedicated and formidable patriot who was born into the struggle for the liberation of his country, and became a formidable activist and leader in his own right.
He was an activist and later a businessman who over the years was involved in a number of business ventures while involved in the African National Congress’ (ANC) underground structures, notably during the 1980s when he ran a small shop in Soweto, which was known as Shop 7. He later ran Fine Foods, a poultry wholesale business.
“Among the many roles he played in the underground structures was harbouring UMkhonto weSizwe units in Shop 7, at great risk to himself and providing unstinting support to his brother Jongi Sisulu and other MK cadres during the terrorism trials of the 1980s,” said the Presidency.
President Zuma expressed, on behalf of government and the whole of South Africa, his deepest condolences to the Sisulu family, their friends and comrades in the ANC.
“Their loss is the nation’s loss. May his soul rest in peace,” said President Zuma. - SAnews.gov.za
