IFP Secretary-General, Rev Musa Zondi today noted with sadness the passing of Dr Ntatho Montlana, former Chairperson of the Soweto Committee of 10, a prominent medical practioner and business man. 

"Dr Montlana will be fondly remembered in the IFP for his energetic and vigorous contribution to the struggle for liberation from his early days in the ANC Youth League at the University of Fort Hare and as Chairperson of the Soweto Committee of 10 in the late seventies," said Rev Musa Zondi, the IFP's Secretary General. 

"Dr Montlana fearlessly waded in where very few dared to go and became the voice of the oppressed during the height of apartheid, when other leaders and political organisations were banned in South Africa. He was a true and fearless champion of the oppressed. 

"Dr Montlana was also very active in improving the public health sector of the people of Soweto and the greater Johannesburg area through many initiatives. 

"The IFP expresses its heartfelt condolences to members of his family and especially to his wife, Zanele and their children. We mourn together with them because this loss is not theirs alone but for the nation as a whole. In his passing South Africa has lost one of its brightest sons and a beacon of hope," concluded Rev Zondi. 

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