From 1994 to 2004, writer and politician Frene Noshir Ginwala served as the first Speaker of the South African National Assembly. She had a significant role in the development of South Africa’s Constitution and the country’s transition to democracy.

Frene Noshir Ginwala passed on few days ago, and yesterday politicians, colleagues, friends and family were gathered to pay their last respect. Frene Ginwala family yesterday revealed that Frene was unhappy with ‘degeneration’ in African National Congress leadership.

Speaking after President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, Ginwala’s nephew, Zavareh Rustomjee, gave an account of what it was like living with his aunt as a schoolboy. He said she was kind but firm and agreed with other speakers’ accounts of Ginwala being a perfectionist. She’s not only the African National Congress veteran whom is not happy with what is currently taking place in the Republic of South Africa.