SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF WALTER SISULU,
HERO OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was saddened to learn of the death of Walter Sisulu, one of the heroes of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.� A former Secretary-General of the African National Congress and close friend and mentor of Nelson Mandela, Mr. Sisulu was engaged in the struggle for multi-racial democracy for all his adult life.� Imprisoned for more than 25 years by the white minority Government, he was known and loved by people far beyond South Africa’s borders for his humility, integrity, intellect and vision.� The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to Mr. Sisulu’s wife and life-long partner in the struggle, Albertina Sisulu, as well as to the Government and people of South Africa.
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