President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the African National Congress ANC veteran, Tshenuwani Farisani, as a person who was passionate about speaking for the voiceless.
Ramaphosa is delivering the eulogy at Farisanis funeral service at the University of Venda.
Farisani was an anti-apartheid activist and the Dean of the Lutheran Church. He served as a member of Parliament, Speaker of the Limpopo Legislature, and Transport MEC among other positions.
Ramaphosa says Farisanis activism continued even after democracy. When he was released and went into exile to the United States, he could have easily put the entire experience behind him and led a quiet life. Instead, he campaigned vigorously against the Apartheid regime abroad. When Venda was proclaimed a so-called independent homeland by the Apartheid regime, he was one of those who were outspoken in his opposition. Even when this brought him into conflict with church leaders in his circuit. His activism continued into the democratic era.
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