LIMPOPO - Former Finance Minister and Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni is being laid to rest on Saturday.
The 65-year-old died at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg a week ago,
following a short illness.
He's been honoured with a Special Official Funeral Category 2 in Limpopo.
Mboweni was democratic South Africa's first Labour Minister,
serving in Nelson Mandela's cabinet between 1994 and 1999.
eNCA's Gareth Edwards spoke to Simeon Mushwana, a childhood friend of the late former minister and Sehoai Santo, Mboweni's former lecturer.