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Struggle stalwart, friend and golfer: Celebrating Andrew Mlangeni’s life with pictures

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Struggle stalwart, friend and golfer: Celebrating Andrew Mlangeni’s life with pictures Until his death, Mlangeni remained determined to uphold the values of the liberation movement he had devoted his life to.

As tributes pour in for Andrew Mokete Mlangeni, we look at the Struggle icon’s life and celebrate some of the highlights in pictures.

Mlangeni championed the values needed to do this, including dignity and opportunity for all, and his"dramatic life was a unique example of heroism and humility inhabiting the same person," Ramaphosa said. ANC stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, is rewarded for Lifetime achievement award for his contribution to golf, during the Sport Awards at the Sandton Convention Centre in 2014.Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Andrew Mlangeni at the President’s Golf Challenge in 2018. Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News AgencySpeaking to Independent Media on his father’s 95th birthday in 2019, Sello Mlangeni recalled meeting his father in a hotel in Stockholm in 1989 after not seeing each other for nearly three decades. He said the older Mlangeni at first did not recognise him.Andrew Mlangeni celebrating his 90th birthday in 2015 during during his annual Golf Day.

 

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