Deputy President Mashatile to attend the funeral service of the late Mme Matlotlo Maggie Mathabatha

Deputy President Paul Mashatile will today, 07 July 2023, attend the funeral service for the late Mme Matlotlo Margaret Mathabatha in Polokwane, Limpopo Province.

Comrade Maggie, as she was affectionately known, cut her teeth in the trade union movement, and later worked as a teacher at various schools in Gauteng and Limpopo. She later also worked as a public servant in the Limpopo Provincial Government as well as an esteemed Member of the Diplomatic Corps, representing South Africa in Ukraine, where she served as Madam De-charge in the South African Embassy.

She was married to Limpopo Premier Stanley Chupu Mathabatha, with whom she shared a life-long commitment to the liberation and, later, transformation and development of South Africa, particularly its poor and marginalised citizens. 

Details of the funeral service are as follows:
Date: Friday, 07 July 2023
Venue: Uniting Reform Church in Southern Africa, Serala View, Polokwane, Limpopo
Time: 08h00

Enquiries: Mr Vukani Mde, Spokesperson to the Deputy President on 081 307 9233

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria