ANC stalwart laid to rest
Family and friends paid their last respect to the late Morwesi Sole, a politician, and former councillor.
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Local politician and former ward councillor of the then Randfontein Local Municipality Morwesi Sole has been laid to rest at the Greenhills Cemetery.
This was during her funeral ceremony held on Saturday, April 15 at the Ramosa Hall in Mohlakeng. Mourners then proceeded to the Greenhills Cemetery thereafter where friends and family gathered to pay their last respect.
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The 56-year-old Sole died on Tuesday, April 4 at a hospital in Randfontein following a lengthy illness.
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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, former Rand West City Local Municipality (RWCLM) mayor Mzi Khumalo as well as other leaders from the ANC were also in attendance.
According to family spokesperson Bassy Funeka, Sole was currently under the employ of the premier’s office as a rapid response team member.
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“Sole has served as a ward councillor from 2006 to 2009 in the then Randfontein Local Municipality. She also worked at the Provincial Department of Education and also served at the Parliamentary Constituency Office.
“She was an activist and member of the ANC who served her community with passion and she will be dearly missed by her family, friends, comrades, and colleagues in both local and provincial government and the community of Rand West City,” said Funeka.