BREAKING: Renowned human rights advocate George Bizos dies
Renowned Human Rights lawyer,
George Bizos has died. The 92-year-old passed away at
his home on Wednesday afternoon.
Tributes have poured in for the man who represented former president, Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial.
President Cyril Ramaphosa described his passing as a very sad day for the country.
"I have just received news that legal eagle of our country George Bizos has passed away," Ramaphosa told reporters.
Ramaphosa described Bizos as one of the lawyers who "contributed immensely to the attainment of our democracy".
"He had an incisive legal mind and was one of the architects of our constitution," the president during an online media briefing.
A prominent anti-apartheid campaigner, Bizos practised as a lawyer into his late eighties.
One of his last major trials secured government payouts in 2014 for families of 34 miners shot dead by police at Marikana, northwest of Johannesburg, two years earlier
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is saddened by the news that veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos has passed away 💔
— Kathrada Foundation (@KathradaFound) September 9, 2020
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