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Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies

Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies

Date
7 May 2006
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies

Former Transkei Prime Minister and Minister of Public Work Stella Sigcau died at Durban's St Augustine Hospital at the age of 69. Sigcau died of a recurring heart problem. In 1994 first-post apartheid government she was appointed Minister of Public Enterprise and in 1999, when President Thabo Mbeki reshuffled his cabinet, she was given the ministerial of Public works. Sigcau left behind three children.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013686

South African History Online (2011) 'Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013686 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013686, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013686. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013686.

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