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The funeral service of Mninwa Mahlangu in Middleburg, Mpumalanga, September 6, 2025.
National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Chairperson Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane says Ambassador Mninwa Mahlangu has left a vast legacy for the country in his over fifty-year career. She described him as a principled leader who led with humility.
Mahlangu died at the age of 72 last month, after a short illness and has been honoured with a Special Official Category 2 Funeral being held in Middelburg.
He served as NCOP Chair between 2005 and 2014.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane today attended the Special Official Funeral of the former Chairperson of the NCOP Ambassador Mninwa Mahlangu
📷: GCIS pic.twitter.com/NdsefLmhrF— Parliament of RSA (@ParliamentofRSA) September 6, 2025
“Let’s take this opportunity and send our condolences to the family, comrades, as well as the South Africans for the loss of Mahlangu, profoundly known as M.J Mahlangu. Now indeed he has left a vast legacy, him being one of the architects of drafting our Constitution, that is a legacy we will forever be imprinted in our minds. As one of the leaders during the early age of our democratic government, Mahlangu has made a landmark for the NCOP and the work we are doing. So we have lost a giant.”
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Representing the Premier, Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, Speed Mashilo says, “On behalf of the Premier and the people of the province of Mpumalanga, we want to say thank you to President Ramaphosa for honouring one of us, Comrade MJ, with a state funeral. We gather in the heart of Steve Tshwete to pay our final respect to a remarkable leader, a devoted public servant, a beloved and indeed our comrade. It is with a profound sense of loss and gratitude that we commemorate the life and the legacy, we stand united in sorrow as we honour the memory of a man who was not only the former chairperson of NCOP but a beacon of hope and inspiration for all who had the privilege of knowing him.”
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