“Comrade Jessie Duarte will be buried this afternoon in Johannesburg according to Muslim rites. “At the time of her passing, Comrade Jessie was serving as Deputy Secretary General of the African National Congress since 2012 and a member of its National Executive Committee since 2002. Her life and work reflected a consistent commitment to advancing the rights of the poor and marginalised. A committed gender activist, she relentlessly championed the emancipation ad empowerment of women. “She dedicated her entire life to the struggle for a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic, prosperous, and just South Africa.

As a committed internationalist and former diplomat, not only will she be mourned by South Africa, but by colleagues and comrades on the African continent and in the international progressive movement. It added: “The passing of Comrade Jessie is a great loss, not only to the family, but to the democratic movement and the country as a whole. “The Comrade Jessie was undergoing treatment for cancer, and was on medical leave since November 2021.” “She was both a tower of strength to the organisation as well as a matriarch and pillar of her family. “The ANC expresses its heartfelt condolences to the Duarte, Dangor, and Whitley extended families, loved ones, and friends. In a letter, they wrote: “It is with profound sadness that the African National Congress has learned of the passing of Deputy Secretary General Yasmin ‘Jessie’ Duarte during the early morning of Sunday, July 17, 2022.” Mourners have paid tribute to African politician Jessie Duarte who died following a months-long battle with cancer on Sunday, July 17 at the age of 68.Īfrican National Congress, South Africa’s governing party and national liberation movement, broke the news via social media. TRIBUTES flooded social media on the morning of Sunday, July 17 after news of the death of Jessie Duarte, secretary-general of the African National Congress, began to spread.

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