Tributes continue to pour in, following the announcement of the passing of former Deputy President and ex Premier of Mpumalanga, David Dabede Mabuza, on Thursday.
Mabuza (64) died at a hospital in Mpumalanga, following a short illness.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, said “on behalf of government and the nation, I offer my profound condolences to the late Deputy President’s wife, Mrs Mabuza, and the children. I extend my condolences to Deputy President Mabuza’s friends and the people of Mpumalanga whom he served as Premier from 2009 to 2018, and previously as a Member of the Executive Council of Mpumalanga across a range of portfolios. My thoughts are also with Deputy President Mabuza’s comrades in his political home, the African National Congress, where he was elected as the organisation’s Deputy President in December 2017.”
Mabuza was born at Phola Trust, in the Mpumalanga, on 25 August 1960.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of South Africa in 1989, following his achievement of a National Teacher’s Certificate from Mgwenya College of Education in 1985.
He was first sworn in as Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa on 27 February 2018, and again on Thursday, 30 May 2019 for the 6th democratic Administration.