EFF leader Julius Malema has expressed gratitude to former president and MK Party leader Jacob Zuma for visiting his family home in Limpopo to offer condolences after the death of his aunt, Martha Malema, stressing that the gesture was rooted in African values rather than politics.
Speaking at his party’s mass voter registration campaign launch at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela House in Johannesburg on Saturday, Malema said Zuma’s visit should be seen in the spirit of ubuntu and compassion.
“We are happy that he became an elder and came to comfort us, and we say to Msholozi, let it not be in the Malema family only. Even other families who experience [loss], continue to show support because…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do improbable work.