PHUTI MOSOMANE
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the late founding Speaker of Parliament, Frene Ginwala, who has died at the age of 90 after suffering a stroke two weeks ago.
“President Cyril Ramaphosa wishes to announce, with great sadness, that Dr. Frene Ginwala, founding Speaker of South Africa’s democratic Parliament and Esteemed Member of the Order of Luthuli, has passed away,” Ramaphosa spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said on Friday.
Ginwala passed away at her home in Morningside, Johannesburg, on Thursday night at the age of 90, after suffering a stroke.
“On behalf of the nation and of the legislative, executive and judicial components of the State, the President offers his sincere condolences to Dr. Ginwala’s family, her nephews Cyrus, Sohrab and Zavareh, and their families,” said Ramaphosa, sending condolences to her friends, colleagues and associates.
Born on 25 April 1932, Dr Frene Noshir Ginwala served the anti-apartheid struggle and
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