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SA’s first democratic Minister of Education Professor Sibusiso Bengu.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the late Professor Sibusiso Bengu, democratic South Africa’s first Education Minister, will be afforded a Special Official Funeral Category 2.
He has also directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast from Tuesday until Friday evening after the funeral.
Bengu passed away last Monday at his home at Mtunzini on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast.
He was 90.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declares special official funeral category 2 for the late former Education Minister Professor Sibusiso Bengu. The funeral will be held in Ongoye near Empangeni, University of Zululand. #sabcnews #RIPProfSibusisoBengu pic.twitter.com/euuCLPu2iN
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VIDEO | President Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to Professor Bengu’s family.
The funeral – which will include ceremonial elements of the police – is to be held at the University of Zululand.
Bengu was an educator by profession.
He served as Minister of Education from 1994 to 1999, when he became ambassador in Germany until 2003.
VIDEO | Professor Bengu has been praised for his contribution in the education sector.
