Ramaphosa mourns former labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana

President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered his condolences to the family and friends of Membathisi Mdladlana, the former minister of labour and high commissioner to Canada, who died on Friday. He was 72.The presidency said Mdladlana, a teacher by training and former school principal, became a member of South Africa’s first democratic parliament in 1994.Four years later, he was appointed labour minister by President Nelson Mandela and was retained in this role by presidents Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma.“Membathisi Mdladlana’s passing is a loss to his family and…