South Africa former Finance Minister to be buried on Saturday

By Mark Ogagan

Former South African Finance Minister and Reserve Bank Governor, Tito Titus Mboweni, will be buried at his hometown in Tzaneen, Limpopo on Saturday.

Mboweni, 65, died on Saturday night after a short illness, his family said in a statement.

He passed away in a Johannesburg hospital, surrounded by his loved ones.

ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said Mboweni’s life was a testament to a life lived in sacrifice, dedication, and selfless service to the people of South Africa.

“Comrade Tito was one of the prime figures in the government of national unity led by President Mandela,” said Bhengu-Motsiri.

She said Mboweni was “a critical architect of South Africa’s post-apartheid labour legislation laying the foundation for collective bargaining and establishing labour courts to uphold worker rights”.

“These transformative laws ensured that the voices of South African workers enshrined in the constitution adopted in 1996 would guarantee the protections that workers continue to enjoy to this day,” said Bhengu-Motsiri.

In 1998, he began his tenure as an Advisor to the Reserve Bank Governor installing him in preparation for his appointment as the first black African Governor of the South African Reserve Bank.