Tributes continue to pour in for Dr Tito Mboweni, the charismatic former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and Labour and Finance Minister.

In a statement released by Government on Sunday morning, President Cyril Ramaphosa, said he is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Tito Mboweni at the age of 65.

President Ramaphosa offered his condolences to the family and friends of Dr Mboweni, who reportedly suffered a short illness, before his death.

Mboweni was the democratic South Africa’s first Minister of Labour from 1994 to 1999 in the Cabinet of Founding President Nelson Mandela.

He served as Governor of the South African Reserve Bank for a decade from 1999.

From 2018 to 2021, Dr Mboweni served as Minister of Finance in the administration led by President Ramaphosa.

President Ramaphosa said: “We have lost a leader and compatriot who has served our nation as an activist, economic policy innovator and champion of labour rights.”

Mboweni died a few days after the announcement of the death of Pastor Ray McCauley, a global evangelist.

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