South African Minister Died While Visiting Ethiopia

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South African minister Roy Padayachie has died of a heart attack in Addis Ababa, where he had gone to attend an African Union meeting, the Ethiopian government said on Saturday.

Public Service and Administration Minister Radhakrishna Lutchmana “Roy” Padayachie, 62, collapsed at Addis Ababa airport yesterday and died later in the Sheraton hotel, Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman Dina Muti said.

Muti said Padayachie’s body was being flown back to South Africa on Saturday.

Minister Roy Padayache died in Ethiopia

Minister Roy Padayache

Zuma’s statement

South African President Jacob Zuma said in a statement, “We have lost a worker, an academic, a cadre and a soldier for a better South Africa, may his family be consoled by the work he has done for the country and its people.”

Lutchmana Padayachie joined the African National Congress, now South Africa’s ruling party, in 1972.

A chemist by training, he had held various posts in the government since 2004, notably in the communications and public service and administration ministries.

 

Source: DailyNation

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