Author, activist and mom Zoleka Mandela planned her last days including the guest list at her funeral. Today,
Zoleka Mandela’s service will be for close family and friends at Bryanston Methodist Church. She will be buried at the Fourways Memorial Park, next to her two late children, her mother, and grandmother Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Zoleka died after an 11-year battle with cancer.She died on 25 September after a long battle with metastatic cancer which spread to her hip, liver, lung, pelvis, brain, and spinal cord.
List of people Zoleka Mandela did not want on her funeral
In her diary, she listed the people she did not wish to have at her funeral or near her body.
On the list is: Thiery Bashala, the father of her two children. Leeroy Andie Cana, the father of her last born Zingce.
She also listed some people from the Mandela and Madikizela family; Zenani Mandela Snr, Mandla Mandela, Zukiswa Madikizela, Nsundu Madikizela, and Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.
Zoleka recently revealed that she had been preparing for her death. She met with her family, a lawyer and a therapist to discuss what life would be like for her children after she died.
“It will probably sound strange but, I am in my panic stages. I think I am blessed and fortunate enough to be in a position where I am in my planning stages. I am having conversations with my loved ones, lawyer, therapist and siblings to discuss what happens on the day and after I pass away.
Zoleka revealed that she did not want to bother her siblings when she died.
Source Hararelive
