{"id":446765,"date":"2011-06-24T06:10:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T06:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/24\/asmal-to-be-cremated-at-private-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2011-06-24T06:10:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T06:10:43","slug":"asmal-to-be-cremated-at-private-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/24\/asmal-to-be-cremated-at-private-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Asmal to Be Cremated At Private Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"33.6730360934\">\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>23 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Pretoria \u2014 Former Cabinet Minister Kader Asmal will be cremated over the weekend in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will be cremated at a private ceremony sometime over the weekend,&#8221; family spokesperson Allan Taylor said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Asmal, who had been admitted to the hospital last Friday for treatment of a stomach ailment, died after having a heart attack on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said a memorial service for the former Water and Forestry as well as Education Minister is likely to be held next week. &#8220;Government will make an announcement on that,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, tributes continued to pour in for Asmal, who practiced law and fought for human as well as civil rights. In Parliament, MPs conveyed their condolences to his family.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it was saddened by Asmal&#8217;s passing: &#8220;This is also an opportunity to celebrate the life and contribution of Kader Asmal to the anti-apartheid struggle and to the development and progress of South African society in general,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Former President FW de Klerk described Asmal as a life-long campaigner for freedom. &#8220;He lent colour, humour and intelligence to our political debate,&#8221; said de Klerk.<\/p>\n<p>The Young Communist League, which referred to Asmal as &#8220;Papa Action&#8221;, said he had remained a vigilant activist against the rot of corruption. &#8220;We quickly nicknamed him Papa Action due to the manner in which he wanted to approach education transformation and the need to be hands on by all structures,&#8221; said the YCL.<\/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 the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106240145.html\" title=\"Asmal to Be Cremated At Private Ceremony\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asmal to Be Cremated At Private Ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BuaNews (Tshwane) 23 June 2011 Pretoria \u2014 Former Cabinet Minister Kader Asmal will be cremated over the weekend in Cape Town. &#8220;He will be cremated at a private ceremony sometime over the weekend,&#8221; family spokesperson Allan Taylor said on Thursday. <\/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-446765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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