Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
MEDIA STATEMENT ON DEATH OF DR HASTINGS KAZUMA BANDA
It is with regret that the Government of South Africa learnt of the death earlier this morning of Dr Hastings Kazuma Banda, former President of the Republic of Malawi.
President Banda led his people to freedom from under Colonial yoke in 1964 and was President until 1994, when he lost power after democratic elections in Malawi.
A seriously ill President Banda was flown to South Africa from Malawi on 17 November 1997 for specialist treatment. It is believed that he was 95 years old.
ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRETORIA 26 NOVEMBER 1997