Zindzi Mandela Buried At Private Funeral, Tested Positive For COVID-19

Former South Africa ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela, who passed away earlier this week is was buried at a priavte funeral on Friday.

Zindzi, 59, daughter of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela, was said to have tested positive for coronavirus on the same day she died.

South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, exprssed gratitude for “the very important gesture of sharing this information with the nation.

“In doing so you are helping to encourage social acceptance for sufferers.

“This is a virus that affects us all, and there should never be any stigma around people who become infected.”

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South Africa leads other African countries with the highest coronavirus cases, recording 324,221 cases, and 4,669 deaths.

In a tribute to the late ambassador, opposition leader, Julius Malema, said, “She survived the most brutal regime at an early age and we thought that this crisis and invisible enemy (coronavirus) we are confronted with today, she is going to survive it because she has seen worse.

“And when people like mama Zindzi succumb to this invisible enemy we all remain hopeless and we are shattered."