{"id":109912,"date":"2024-01-03T20:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109912"},"modified":"2024-01-03T20:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:37:50","slug":"just-in-ex-south-africas-president-thabo-mbeki-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/just-in-ex-south-africas-president-thabo-mbeki-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Ex-South Africa\u2019s President, Thabo Mbeki, is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1787062209037126050\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Report from South Africa said former President Thabo Mbeki is dead.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAged 74, Mbeki, who was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday morning during a brief illness, was pronounced dead by the doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Mbeki\u2019s family said the former president had complained about his heart at dawn before being rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in shock. He was full of life last night, but this dawn all that he could say was his heart and we rushed him to the hospital but couldn\u2019t make it,\u201d a close family member said.<\/p>\n<p>ANC\u2019s chieftain, Khusela Sangoni, said:\u201dThe whole ANC are mourning. He was full of life days ago. He even talked to us about the LGE before we went to the polls. We are in total shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The late Thabo Mbeki had served as President of South Africa for nine years as the second post-apartheid leader, taking over the legend, the late Nelson Mandela, the first post-apartheid black President.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report from South Africa said former President Thabo Mbeki is dead. 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