Struggle stalwart Keorapetse Kgositsile dies at age of 79

comrades and friends, it is with a heavy heart to inform you about the sad news of the passing Prof William Keorapetse Kgositsile, Bra Willie, the National Poet Laureate and a giant of our struggle for liberation. #RIPProf pic.twitter.com/Feu7nGHgM3

— ANC Greater Johannesburg Region (@ANCJHB) January 3, 2018

Go well bra Willie Kgositsile the big small giant of poetry!
Gone but still with us!
Hamba Kahle Mkhonto.
Your voice fades not.
The bigness of your heart
testimony to your stature.
Your words indelible.

— Vusi Pikoli (@VusiPikoli) January 3, 2018