Minister Jackson Mthembu passes away from Covid-19 complications
- by Leona Burton
- in World Media
- — Jan 22, 2021
A Twitter user called "Modus" (@NotOperandi) wrote that healthcare workers who teach people to sanitise, also contract Covid-19.
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu was born on 5 June 1958, in what was then known as Witbank (Emalahleni).
In the last remark on his Twitter feed on January 11, Mthembu wrote that he had "visited a Military hospital in Tshwane to get medical attention for an abdominal pain", and there tested positive for COVID-19.
More news: Cold with a chance of snow: Northeast Ohio’s weekend weather forecastJackson Mthembu, a central figure in communicating the South African government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, died of complications from the coronavirus, the president announced Thursday. He was a comrade and an activist. "We are still reeling from the shock", she says. Many of them have passed on in a matter of three to five days.
Duarte briefed the media at the ANC headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg, saying: "The space that he took could not, will not be able to be filled very easily".
The joint standing committee on Defence said that South Africa had been robbed of a committed civil servant who was dedicated to the service of the people.
More news: Some AirPods Max Owners Seeing Excessive Battery DrainJordaan said he has been testing constantly during his travels. After undergoing some tests, I tested positive for Covid 19. "When I went to Cameroon, I was stopped at the airport where I was tested".
"The eyes of the world are upon us, but we have the opportunity to show how to deal with the challenges we're facing".
The South African Aerospace Maritime Defence Industry Association (AMD) has said the passing of Minister Jackson Mthembu is a great loss not only to the South African Defence Industry (SADI) community but to the country as a whole.
More news: Russia vows crackdown on Alexei Navalny protestsPanyaza Lesufi, Deputy provincial chairperson - Gauteng ANCTo lose such a person on the eve of a war that would define who we are as the ANC as we move to the NGC and local government is like losing ourselves.
