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In 2003, who was the first non-white South African to receive a official state funeral?

Question #152125. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Jun 12 2025.
Originally posted Jun 12 2025 4:59 AM.

elburcher

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Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu. He was an Anti-Apartheid Activist

Sisulu lived his last years in the same Soweto house that his family had taken in the 1940s. On May 5, 2003, only 13 days before his 91st birthday, Walter Sisulu died following a long period of ill health with Parkinson's Disease. He received a state funeral in Soweto on May 17, 2003.

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Jun 12 2025, 6:28 AM

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In 2003, who was the first non-white South African to receive a official state funeral?

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