PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said that the late Andrew Mlangeni could not be cowed or silenced, and was a repository of ethical leadership of the African National Congress.
“When the NEC asked him to lead the Integrity Commission it saw in him a leader who was the repository of the ethical leadership of the ANC,” said Ramaphosa.
“He took that position because he believed that leaders of the ANC should represent the best of ethical behaviour and should know that our people expect that they should always be judged by a higher standard of ethical behaviour.”
Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy at Mlangeni’s funeral at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus on Wednesday.
Mlangeni, the last surviving co-defendant at the Rivonia Trialists, died last week at the age of 95.
Ramaphosa said Mlangeni’s passing marks the end of an era.
“His passing does indeed mark the end of an era; we must
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