Issued by: Government Communications (GCIS)
The Department of Foreign Affairs regrets to announce the death of General Arlindo Chienda Isak Pena (commonly known as General Ben-Ben), Deputy Chief of Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces, in a private hospital in Pretoria, earlier today.
General Pena was evacuated from Luanda by a private medical rescue company to South Africa late on Friday, 16 October 1998, and thereafter he was admitted to the UNITAS Hospital.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed its condolences to the Government of Angola and to General Pena's family.
The normal post-mortem procedures will be performed by the Chief State Pathologist in Pretoria tomorrow.
ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRETORIA 19 OCTOBER 1998