Your Excellency, President Alexander Van der Bellen,
Ministers and Deputy Ministers,
Ambassadors,
Senior officials,
Members of the media,
Ladies and gentlemen,
As you are aware, Your Excellency, South Africans are today mourning the passing of our former Deputy President David Dabede Mabuza.
He served as the Deputy President of the Republic from 2018 to 2023 and before that as Premier of the province of Mpumalanga.
It is appropriate that we pay tribute to him on this occasion, both for his contribution to the development of our democracy and to the quest for peace and stability on the African continent.
He was deeply committed to the cause of the South African people and to building…
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