Former social development deputy minister Jean Swanson-Jacobs will be given an official funeral, the presidency said.
|||Pretoria - Former social development deputy minister Jean Swanson-Jacobs will be given an official funeral, the presidency said on Tuesday.
The national flag would fly at half mast until her funeral on Saturday.
President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that Swanson-Jacobs was instrumental in the fight against the abuse of women, children, drugs, and alcohol.
“Her community development work will be sorely missed,” he said.
Swanson-Jacobs died in a Cape Town hospital last week after a short illness.
She served as a deputy minister between 2004 and 2009. - Sapa