Her daughter Pamela Barron said on Sunday it was still hard to accept that her mother had passed on and the family was in mourning. CapeTimesSA coronavirus
Cape Town – Philma Manuel, the mother of former UDF activist and finance minister Trevor Manuel, who died from Covid-19, will be laid to rest tomorrow.
Manuel’s family held a virtual memorial service for her on Saturday, which has been uploaded on to YouTube. “It was her 94th birthday on the 6th, she video-called everyone. I took her to hospital on Saturday. It was a struggle finding one because no one had a bed,” Barron said.Barron said she and other family members have been tested for the disease. “My mom was still active and of sound mind,” Barron said.
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