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South African cabinet minister dies of COVID-19 amid surge
Johannesburg: Jackson Mthembu, a central figure in communicating the South African government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, died of complications from the coronavirus, the president announced Thursday. He was 62. Mthembu is the first member of South Africa's cabinet to succumb to COVID-19 after he tested positive on January 11. "Minister Mthembu was an exemplary leader, an activist and life-long champion of freedom and democracy," President Cyril Ramaphosa said. "He was a much-loved and greatly respected colleague and comrade, whose passing leaves our nation at a loss.'' Mthembu's death comes as South Africa battles a second wave of the COVID-19 that is driven by a new variant of the

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