PHUTI MOSOMANE
FREE State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana has expressed shock and sorrow upon learning of the passing of the former Premier, Beatrice Marshoff.
Marshoff, 65, died on Saturday at the Chris Hani Bara hospital, Soweto.
According to Sello Dithebe, spokesperson for the premier, Marshoff passed away between 2am and 3am on Saturday at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
“On behalf of the Free State executive council, provincial government, people of Free State, Premier Mxolisi Dukwana sends his deepest condolences to the children of Marshoff and the entire Marshoff family,” said Dithebe.
Dukwana acknowledged and appreciated the significant contributions that Marshoff made towards the development of the Free State province and her dedicated service to its people.
Last month, Marshoff addressed the memorial service of former Free State MEC for Education, Tate Makgoe, and his bodyguard, Warrant officer Vuyo Mdi, in Bloemfontein.
Marshoff was Premier of the Free State from 2004 to 2009.
She succeeded the late Winkie Direko to the position on 22 April 2004, and was replaced by Ace Magashule on 6 May 2009.
Marshoff is former nursing sister, and also served as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development in the Free State.
Before that, she was a member of Parliament for the African National Congress between 1994 and 1999.
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