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Franklin Sonn, former South African ambassador to the United States, has passed away at the age of 86.
Franklin Sonn, former South African ambassador to the United States, has passed away at the age of 86.
Born in Vosburg in the Karoo and raised in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, Sonn graduated from the University of the Western Cape and began his career as an educator. In 1977, he became rector of the Peninsula Technikon, now part of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Throughout his distinguished career, Sonn served on the boards of major companies, including ABSA, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), and Pioneer Foods.
In 1995, President Nelson Mandela appointed him as South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, a role in which he represented the country during a pivotal period in its democratic transition.
