SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES
ON DEATH OF GOVAN MBEKI
30 August 2001
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SG/SM/7930 30 August 2001
Following is the text of a statement issued in Durban, South Africa, today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General, with sadness, learned this morning of the death of Govan Mbeki, the father of President Thabo Mbeki, who himself was a leading figure in the African National Congress. He extends to the President and his family, as well as to the people of South Africa, his deepest sympathy and condolences. * *** *