Staff Reporter
Former Newcastle Mayor Nkululeko Ntuthuko Mahlaba, a KwaZulu-Natal MPL and chairperson of committees in the provincial legislature, died early on Saturday after being struck by a vehicle while jogging in Newcastle, the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said.
Mahlaba, also a former MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture and Public Works and Human Settlements, was serving as a member of the ANC’s Provincial Task Team at the time of his death.
“The news of his sudden departure has cast a dark, painful, and impenetrable cloud over the entire province and the broader liberation movement. We are frozen in disbelief that a life so full of vigour, promise, and revolutionary commitment could be extinguished so abruptly at the dawn of the morning,” the ANC said in a statement on Saturday.
The party said Mahlaba had held several senior political positions in KwaZulu-Natal, including chairperson of the ANC in the Mbuso Kubheka
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