Limpopo Premier and African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha says the late Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane has left a lasting legacy in both the ruling party and government.
Mathabatha was speaking in Polokwane during a wreath-laying ceremony in honour of Chabane.
Chabane and his two bodyguards died on Sunday in a car crash on the N1 between Polokwane and Mokopane. Mathabatha says Chabane has left a void in the lives of many people.
“Collins was a unique comrade he was of a different class and a different play. I would say we were getting a lot of inspiration from him because he was a hard worker and a strategist
Chabane’s Deputy Ayanda Dlodlo says they will continue where her former boss has left off
People continue to send their condolences to the family. Chabane’s Deputy Ayanda Dlodlo says they will continue where her former boss has left off.
She was speaking to the SABC after meeting with the Chabane family on Monday morning. Chabane is the second head of the
Public Service and Administration to die in office in less than three years.
His predecessor Roy Payachee died in 2012 while attending an African Union meeting in Ethiopia. Dlodlo says they are distraught
as the department.
The Mpumalanga government has also joined South Africans in sending messages of condolences to the family.
Premier David Mabuza’s spokesperson Zibonele Mncwango says the premier has expressed shock at the deaths. “Premier Mabuza said the minister was a very deep thinker, the person who would not comment unnecessarily. Indeed it is a great loss for South Africa but he has asked for the family to have strength during this time.”
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