Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born in Coronationville, on Johannesburg’s west rand on the 19th of September 1953.
JOHANNESBURG - The ANC's Deputy Secretary General Yasmin “Jessie” Duarte passed on in the early hours of Sunday morning, aged 68.
Duarte will be remembered for her tough stance on all matters ANC and her difficult relationship with the media – which saw her being labelled a bully.She grew up in Westbury and Newclare. Duarte has often spoken fondly of her time at Madiba’s side – sharing with the SABC - memories of watching him in action during the lead-up to South Africa’s democracy.
Upon her return to South Africa, she did a short stint as ANC spokesperson and worked in former president Jacob Zuma's office, quitting amidst tensions in the high office. She will be remembered for this historic moment in the ANC where she drew a line in the sand between the organisation and her ally now suspended Secretary General Ace Magashule.
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