Hundreds gather to bid final farewell to Dr Richard Maponya

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JOHANNESBURG - Hundreds of people gathered at the UJ campus in Soweto to bid farewell to the late businessman Richard Maponya.

The business community, politicians, academics and ordinary South Africans arrived to pay their final respects to the man affectionately known as the grandfather of black business.His career as a pioneering entrepreneur spanned over 50 years.

Several dignitaries arrived for Maponya’s funeral service, including Gauteng Premier David Makhura, the IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Deputy Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela.“He’s one of the people who picked himself up from the difficulties under apartheid, yet he was able to survive and make a business.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the eulogy before the funeral procession heads to the West Park Cemetery.

 

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