Jessie Duarte was granted sick leave by the African National Congress in 2022, and she has not been involved in politics for the last six months.
On April 24, 2022, false reports were made public that Duarte had vanished due to her absence from social occasions.
What type of cancer did Jessie Duarte have?
She died from a type of cancer that was never documented as of 2022.
Duarte subsequently revealed that she was battling cancer. Duarte finally succumbed to his sickness and died in July 2022.
The ANC issued a statement claiming that Duarte died of cancer early Sunday morning.
According to the ruling party, she was a dedicated activist who fought for a unified, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic, and wealthy South Africa.
She made headlines in 2009 for two taped rants directed at journalists Philani Nombembe of The Sunday Times and John Humphrys of BBC Radio. She then expressed support for the ANC’s ideas for a South African Media Appeals Tribunal, which were criticized as political interference with free speech and perhaps unlawful. Jessie Duarte criticized the media for portraying Jacob Zuma negatively, and her disdain for the media was well known.
Duarte openly linked Israel’s purported activities in Gaza and the West Bank to those of Nazi Germany in 2014.
This provoked harsh criticism from Jewish organizations in South Africa.
According to Muslim customs, Duarte will be put to rest on Sunday afternoon.
