Jessie Duarte

Uveka Rangapa speaks to ANC NEC member Dakota Legoete about the party's tributes to the late Jesse Duarte.

Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More We say thank you as the African National Congress. We say thank you for having shared Jesse Duarte with us, as a movement.Dakota Legoete, NEC Member - ANC

Carl Niehaus gives a 'brutally honest and personal' account of his experience of Jessie Duarte.

We should never deny the totality of comrade Jessie Duarte’s life, and the huge contribution, at great personal sacrifice, that she made to the liberation struggle over many decades. Sadly, in the process she compromised some of the most important comradely relationships of her life, including the very warm and close relationship that she had with President Jacob Zuma. I have no doubt that this knowledge caused her much agony, which I personally experienced when she called me in the middle of the night on the July 7, 2021 when President Zuma drove from Nkandla to Estcourt prison to hand himself over to start serving the illegal 15 months prison sentence that the Constitutional Court imposed on him. In the process she inflicted much harm and pain on a comrade that truly respected her greatly, and whom I know she also respected and loved. When I queried the correctness of such an ‘instruction’, and pointed out that Ronald Lamola ran a campaign in 2016 calling for President Jacob Zuma to go, even picketing at ANC NEC meetings holding a poster to that effect without any negative sanction against him, I got a personal WhatsApp message in the middle of the night from Jessie, telling me “Suga wena”. This brings me to the most defining characteristic, for me, of Jessie Duarte. Her singular love for, and commitment to, the ANC. It was that love that made her such a formidable force. Many a comrade can attest to how viciously unfairly comrade Jessie treated them, not only personally but also with regards to the genuine organisational concerns of their branches, and ANC constitutional structures at various levels. Self-sacrifice can be a very laudable characteristic, but it can also become abused and very dangerous in the hands of unscrupulous people. However, in understanding the last years of comrade Jessie’s life, it will be impossible to understand why she conducted herself in the manner that she did, without having to address this issue. However, their commitment to the ANC, and dedication to President Mandela was never in doubt. Because of our mutual proximity to Oom Bey, and our shared political convictions, Jessie and I were inevitably often in each other’s presence. A couple of days before I met her I met Naudé for the first time.

Duarte died on Sunday and was buried the same day after losing her battle against cancer. TimesLIVE. Support independent journalism by subscribing to the Sunday ...

Delegates seen at the memorial service of the late ANC deputy-secretary Jessie Duarte. Former President Thabo Mbeki says that in order for the African National ...

ANC Youth League National Youth Task Team Convener, Nomcebo Mhlauli also remembered Duarte as a stern leader who took interest in the role of women in the party. “There is no national plan to these challenges of poverty, unemployment, inequality, doesn’t exist. Duarte lost her battle with cancer at the age of 68 and was buried on Sunday, at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg in accordance with Muslim rites.

Mourners including political and religious leaders gathered on Thursday for the memorial service of late ANC deputy secretary-general Yasmin Jessie Duarte, ...

“So today we pay this tribute to this revolutionary whom among other things as a revolutionary is identified by those two factors: service for the people and respect for the truth, said Mbeki. Former president Thabo Mbeki, who was one of many who paid tribute to Duarte, noted the importance of honouring Duarte's legacy, specifically by those within the ANC and in the broader alliance. Duarte, who had a long political career in the ANC, was remembered as a revolutionary who touched the lives of many.

Duarte died on Sunday and was buried the same day after losing her battle against cancer. TimesLIVE ...

The family also says people should not try to leverage her death by saying she divulged secrets to them.

We ask that you respect her legacy by not using her to advance you own agendas. We implore that you stop." "She was diagnosed to cancer in Nov 2021, she was in the care of the best doctors.

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has cleared the air on how she secured cancer medication for the late ANC stalwart Jessie Duarte from Russia, saying it was ...

“It must be noted there are numerous oncology medicines registered by Sahpra and available in SA for a range of cancers. “In an effort to enable access to the specific medicines, which vary depending on the type of cancer, Sahpra reviews the application and makes a decision within three working days,” it said. Sahpra said the act enables authorised access to specific quantities of the unregistered medicine for a specific patient, post a review of the application as submitted to Sahpra by the treating oncologist.