President Jacob Zuma has extended his deepest condolences on the sad passing of former United Democratic Front leader, African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament, struggle stalwart and author Mr Mewa Ramgobin, who passed away this week. He would have turned 84 years old next month.

Mr Ramgobin was at the forefront of the revival of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) originally founded by Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi in 1984 to unite South Africans of Indian origin against increasingly anti-Indian legislation and later led struggles against apartheid.

“The country has lost one of its instrumental human rights and political activists in the past decades who dedicated a great deal of his life to the struggle for liberation and fiercely fought racial discrimination.  We wish to convey our deepest condolences to the Ramgobin family and may his soul rest in peace,” said President Zuma.

 

Issued by the Presidency