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ANC remembers Jessie Duarte as champion for women and the oppressed

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She had been on medical leave since November only announcing a few months ago that she was battling cancer.

JOHANNESBURG - Jessie Duarte will always be remembered for being an African National Congress member to the core and a champion for women and the oppressed.Duarte was serving her second term as the ANC's deputy secretary general and was due to retire at the ANC's elective conference in December.

Instead, political heavyweights and her family – most of whom were in tears – spoke fondly of the fierce leader and her contribution to South Africa's democracy. "She was talking straight, shooting straight if it's black it's black, if it's red it's red, if it's white it's white that's Jessie for you".

 

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