Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies at 59

New Delhi: The former South African President Nelson Mandela youngest daughterZindzi Mandela, has died at the age of 59.

She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning. She was serving as the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

Though the cause of her death was not immediately revealed. Zindzi was Nelson Mandela’s sixth child and his second with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, his second wife.

I offer my deep condolences to the Mandela family as we mourn the passing of a fearless political activist who was a leader in her own right. Our sadness is compounded by this loss being visited upon us just days before the world marks the birthday of the great Nelson Mandela. pic.twitter.com/RC0YQ6VEvf

— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 #StaySafe (@CyrilRamaphosa) July 13, 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa in a statement said Zindzi Mandela had “during our years of struggle brought home the inhumanity of the apartheid system and the unshakeable resolve of our fight for freedom”.