JOHANNESBURG - Struggle stalwart Essop Pahad was laid to rest in Johannesburg on Thursday according to Muslim rites.
Pahad was an active member of the ANC and the SACP during the liberation struggle.
He went into exile in 1964 after being banned from all political activity by the apartheid government.
After the country's first elections in 1994, Pahad worked closely with then-Deputy President Thabo Mbeki.
When Mbeki became president in 1999, Pahad was appointed minister in the Presidency.
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