Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's father passed away at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital last night after a long illness.
His daughter, Nosithembele Mapisa, confirmed to DispatchLIVE that Douglass Mapisa, 96, of Mdantsane in East London, had passed away.
Mapisa worked for the education department and was an avid boxing fanatic. Nosithembele said her father died at 11.30pm.
Boxing SA provincial manager in the Eastern Cape Phakamile Jacobs said the elderly Mapisa was a ring announcer since the early 1970s.
“I have never seen a ring announcer who dressed as beautifully as tata Mapisa,” Jacobs said.
He said “Baleka kwedini”, as Mapisa was affectionately known in the sporting fraternity, followed boxing right until he passed on. “He was the father of boxing and this is a great loss to us,” Jacobs said.
Minister's father dies after long illness
His daughter, Nosithembele Mapisa, confirmed to DispatchLIVE that Douglass Mapisa, 96, of Mdantsane in East London, had passed away.
Mapisa worked for the education department and was an avid boxing fanatic. Nosithembele said her father died at 11.30pm.
Boxing SA provincial manager in the Eastern Cape Phakamile Jacobs said the elderly Mapisa was a ring announcer since the early 1970s.
“I have never seen a ring announcer who dressed as beautifully as tata Mapisa,” Jacobs said.
He said “Baleka kwedini”, as Mapisa was affectionately known in the sporting fraternity, followed boxing right until he passed on. “He was the father of boxing and this is a great loss to us,” Jacobs said.
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