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Assistant to the President of UDM Filtane
- The vice president of the UDM, Mncedisi Filtane, has passed away.
- The news was announced on social media by party leader Bantu Holomisa.
- He died just days after former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani, also a UDM leader, was buried.
The UDM has lost another leader to Covid-19. Party leader Bantu Holomisa announced that party chairman Mncedisi Filtane had succumbed to the virus on Sunday morning.
In a statement, Holomisa said that Filtane, an MPL in the Eastern Cape legislature, was admitted to the hospital on Friday due to low oxygen levels.
“We have lost a lord and a father,” said Holomisa. He added that more information would be released in due course.
Since then, messages of condolences from political leaders have started to reach social media.
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Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that Filtane was a gentleman who was passionate about politics, expressive and unrepentant in his belief in social justice.
ATM leader Vuyo Zungula also expressed his condolences to UDM and the Filtane family.
The Vice Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nocawe Mafu, expressed his shock and said that Filtane was aware of her health and was full of life.
IFP MP Liezl van der Merwe said Filtane worked hard and was passionate about fixing South Africa.
“But I will also remember him for his sense of humor and that infectious laugh.”
His death comes just days after former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani was buried after his death due to complications from Covid-19.
Bobani was diagnosed with Covid-19 more than three weeks ago and had been hospitalized.
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