Special Provincial Official Funeral for former MEC Khabisi Mosonkutu

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Provincial Official Funeral for former Gauteng Member of the Executive Council (MEC) Khabisi Mosonkutu who passed away on Monday, 24 December 2018, at the age of 69.

The President has expressed his condolences and that of government and the people of Gauteng to the family, friends, former colleagues and comrades of Mr Mosonkutu who was a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature between 1999 and 2011. During that period he also served as an MEC for various portfolios including community safety, public transport, roads and works and for agriculture, conservation and environment.

President Ramaphosa said: “We have lost a stalwart of our liberation and of democratic governance and  development in the economic heart of our country. Khabisi Mosonkutu’s contribution across various portfolios speaks of his political leadership, technical capability and determination to better the lives of South Africans in diverse ways and contexts.”
 
Mr Mosunkutu held leadership positions in various organisations including the Soweto Civic Asociation, United Democratic Front , South African National Civic Organisation and the African National Congress.
 
He was also a trade unionist who led the South African Post and Telecommunications Workers Union during some of the most challenging times for organised labour in South Africa.
 
Details of the special provincial official funeral will be announced in due course following consultation with Mr Mosunkutu’s family and political organisation, the African National Congress.


Media enquiries: Khusela Diko, Spokesperson to the President, on 072 854 5707

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria