President Ramaphosa to attend funeral of His Excellency President John Magufuli of the United Republic of Tanzania

Media Statement

 

22 March 2021

 

President Ramaphosa to attend funeral of His Excellency President John Magufuli of the United Republic of Tanzania

 

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Monday 22 March 2020, undertake a visit to Dodoma, the national capital of the United Republic of Tanzania, to attend the funeral of the late Tanzanian President, His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli.

 

President Magufuli passed away on Wednesday, 17 March 2021, in a Dar es Salaam hospital at the age of 61.

 

Her Excellency Former Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been inaugurated as President Magufuli’s successor.

 

Media enquiries: Tyrone Seale, Acting Spokesperson to the President – media@presidency.gov.za

 

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION

 

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