Eulogy by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe at the memorial service of Professor Kader Asmal, Cape Town
30 June 2011
Programme director;
Mrs Louise Asmal and the Asmal Family;
Comrades and friends;
Fellow South Africans:
On behalf of the people and the Government of South Africa, I wish to convey deepest condolences to you, Mrs Louise Asmal and the Asmal family, for the loss of a loving husband, a father and a grandfather.
Though it may not be possible for us to fully feel your pain as a family, our hearts go out to you and we wish you enough strength of spirit to see you through this loss.
I would also like to thank you for making it possible for all of us, government and the whole South African family, to mourn our comrade, brother, friend, leader and fellow South African, Professor Kader Asmal.
The agony that enveloped our country immediately after Professor Kader Asmal 's demise told a story of a grief-stricken nation.
Coming soon after our country has just laid to rest Mama Albertina Sisulu, yet another adorable human being who put her life at the service of our freedom, the passing on of Professor Kader Asmal has deepened our collective pain as a nation.
