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Pics: Stalwarts gather to pay their respects to Hermanus Loots

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President Jacob Zuma with ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope (right) and the Loots family at the funeral of Umkhonto weSizwe icon Hermanus Loots, who passed away on January 26
President Jacob Zuma with ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope (right) and the Loots family at the funeral of Umkhonto weSizwe icon Hermanus Loots, who passed away on January 26

Struggle stalwart Hermanus Gabriel Loots passed away on January 25 2016, and was laid to rest on Saturday February 6. Dignitaries from the ANC were in attendance to pay their last respects, including President Jacob Zuma. Photographer Elizabeth Sejake was at the memorial service.

All photos by Elizabeth Sejake

President Jacob Zuma with ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope (right) and the Loots family at the funeral of Umkhonto weSizwe icon Hermanus Loots, who passed away on January 26
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe’s wife, Gugu Mtshali (left), with Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at the funeral. Loots was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery
The ANC’s Zola Skweyiya, who was minister of public service and administration from 1994 to 1999 and minister of social development from 1999 to 2009
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