‘He died unhappy:’ Ngoako Ramatlhodi at Tito Mboweni’s funeral

Ngoako Ramatlhodi revealed at Tito Mboweni’s funeral that the former finance minister died a very unhappy comrade.

Former cabinet minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi in his tribute to Tito Mboweni revealed that he died an unhappy man.

NGOAKO RAMATLHODI: ‘I CHOOSE TO NOT QUOTE THE DEAD’

Ngoako Ramatlhodi said Tito Mboweni did not support the ANC’s decision to form the government of national unity (GNU).

Sowetan reports that Ramatlhodi spent a lot of time with Mboweni discussing the current state of the ANC.

“He died a very unhappy comrade. We used to spend a lot of time discussing issues facing the movement and our country. In particular the fate of the national democratic revolution”.

Ramatlhodi adds that Mboweni in June sent him a quotation from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.

This was as part of their debate around the state of the ANC and the country. The quote reads: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom”.

“It was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

“We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way, in short.”

“The period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

The former cabinet minister said this message was sent to him as part of the difficult conversations they were having in recent times.

“I choose not to quote the dead when they have no right of reply,” concludes Ramatlhodi.

TITO MBOWENI: FUNERAL
The former finance minister Dr Tito Titus Mboweni’s special official funeral was held at the Nkowankowa Stadium outside Tzaneen, Limpopo on Saturday, 19 October.

The Citizen confirms that Mboweni passed away in a Johannesburg hospital last Saturday night, 12 October after a short illness.

President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered that the national flag be flown at half-mast at all official flag stations and delivered the eulogy.

The 65-year-old was buried at Bordeaux (eBodweni) cemetery.