The memorial service for former education minister Prof Sibusiso Bengu is under way at the University of Zululand on Thursday.
Bengu, also a former South African ambassador to Germany, died in his sleep at his KwaZulu-Natal home on December 30 at the age of 90.
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a special official category 2 funeral for him.
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