{"id":439548,"date":"2011-06-11T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T10:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/11\/sisulu-funeral-underway\/"},"modified":"2011-06-11T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T10:16:04","slug":"sisulu-funeral-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/11\/sisulu-funeral-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisulu Funeral Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.6588447653\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buanews.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BuaNews<\/a> (Tshwane)<\/p>\n<p>Chris Bathembu<\/p>\n<p>11 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Johannesburg \u2014 The official funeral of struggle veteran Albertina Sisulu got underway at Orlando Stadium in Soweto a short while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of mourners who were brought in by buses and trains are paying their respect to MaSisulu, who has been described by her party, the African National Congress (ANC) as a &#8220;nation builder and selfless leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Magoba, led the service with a prayer, with Justice Minister Jeff Radebe and ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete directing the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Grandchildren Vuyisile, Vuyelwa, Nomvula and Pam Randal read the obituary of their grandmother in which they describe her life and times in and outside the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>MaSisulu, the person to be detained the longest under house arrest in South Africa, had five children, Max, Lindiwe, Zwelakhe, Lungile and Nonkululeko. The family also adopted four other children.<\/p>\n<p>MaSisulu died at her Johannesburg home at the age of 92 a week ago. She is to be laid to rest at Croesus cemetery this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106110005.html\" title=\"Sisulu Funeral Underway\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisulu Funeral Underway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BuaNews (Tshwane) Chris Bathembu 11 June 2011 Johannesburg \u2014 The official funeral of struggle veteran Albertina Sisulu got underway at Orlando Stadium in Soweto a short while ago. Thousands of mourners who were brought in by buses and trains are paying their respect to MaSisulu, who has been described by her party, the African National Congress (ANC) as a &#8220;nation builder and selfless leader.&#8221; The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Magoba, led the service with a prayer, with Justice Minister Jeff Radebe and ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete directing the programme. Grandchildren Vuyisile, Vuyelwa, Nomvula and Pam Randal read the obituary of their grandmother in which they describe her life and times in and outside the ANC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sisulu Funeral Underway - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/11\/sisulu-funeral-underway\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sisulu Funeral Underway - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"BuaNews (Tshwane) Chris Bathembu 11 June 2011 Johannesburg \u2014 The official funeral of struggle veteran Albertina Sisulu got underway at Orlando Stadium in Soweto a short while ago. 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