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Liberation struggle icon, Nomathemba Sidandala, has been laid to rest in Komani, in the Eastern Cape.
The 79-year-old was honoured with a category 2 special official provincial funeral.
Mama Sidandala joined the liberation struggle in 1968. On the second of two occasions, she spent three years in prison without a trial under apartheid laws.
Upon her release in 1989, she turned her attention to establishing preschools; as well as youth and women empowerment projects.
Sidandala was revered for her compassion.
She is survived by her two children and grandchildren.
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