Said Ramaphosa: “As we worked with her, some of us got to realise the truism in the saying, ‘Dynamite comes in small packages’. When she believes in an idea, she fights.” Bathabile Dlamini (right) and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma leave Jessie Duarte’s Johannesburg house as they make their way to the West Park Cemetery. Mashatile described Duarte as someone with whom there was “no surrender”, adding, “All of you who know her know, she fights. Non-racialism is something we must continue to fight for,” he said. “As we talk about renewal, the work we do everywhere else, this fundamental question that Comrade Jessie would have wanted to be put in the forefront of everything we do.

President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves the Duarte residence en route to the West Park Cemetery. Passionate about non-racialism, Duarte was quick to remind her fellow ANC members when the party was failing to uphold this principle, said Makhura. Qualities that she was to pass on to future generations of activists.” “From them she imbibed the qualities of revolutionary leadership - qualities that she was to demonstrate in every position she occupied. “ learnt the politics of liberation from leaders like Mama Albertina Sisulu, Oom Beyers Naudé and Madiba,” said Ramaphosa. A woman wipes her eye as the convoy carrying Jessie Duarte’s body passes her, en route to the West Park Cemetery. “By 1979, she already played a leading role in the women’s movement under the mentorship of Mam’ Albertina Sisulu,” said Whitley.Īfter the ANC was unbanned in 1990, Duarte was among those at the forefront of rebuilding the party, serving as Nelson Mandela’s special assistant between 19. Gauteng Premier David Makhura ( left) stands beside Paul Mashatile in ANC scarf, second left) and Cyril Ramaphosa (third from left) as they join in the performance of the Islamic funeral prayer. This was the root of the activism that would later lead her to become involved in the black consciousness movement. When growing up in the township of Newclare, Johannesburg, Duarte was surrounded by a family that valued ideas and books, said Whitley. Read in Daily Maverick : ANC’s Jessie Duarte has died Politics and activism Others who spoke at the ceremony included Duarte’s granddaughter Kirstin Whitley Duarte’s brother Zane Dangor, who was the family representative ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile and Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Ramaphosa designated Duarte’s funeral as a Special Official Funeral Category 2. Mourners moments before Jessie Duarte is laid to rest on 17 July 2022. Programme for the funeral of #ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte /o0ZbHjp6Yd Join Maverick Insider.įamily, friends and political leaders honour the memory. If you’re rejigging your budgets, and it comes to choosing between frothy milk and Daily Maverick, we hope you might reconsider that cappuccino.

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