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Former Durban deputy mayor Nomzuvo Shabalala died on Saturday of a Covid-19-related illness, parliament confirmed.
Shabalala was a deputy at the time of her death.
The president of the National Assembly Thandi Modise and the president of the National Council of Provinces, Amos Masondo, expressed their condolences to Shabalala’s family and friends.
After leaving the Durban-based municipality of eThekwini, Shabalala joined parliament in 2019, where he served on the portfolio committee on basic education and the joint committee on ethics and membership interests.
In a joint statement, Modise and Masondo said: “Despite being a relatively new MP, Shabalala quickly became familiar with the workings and complex systems of the legislature. She was diligent and hard-working, particularly in the committees in which she served, where she helped reinforce the supervision of the country’s basic education system and the ethical conduct of public representatives.
They added: “The continuing and unprecedented loss of human life due to the Covid-19 pandemic was concerning and once again underscored the indiscriminate nature of the virus.
“Unless, as South Africans, we work together to combat the infection rate by adhering to all known and widely publicized protocols, this pandemic and its second wave will continue to cause untold suffering and serious hardship to families, communities and the media. lifetime”.
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