President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Provincial Official Funeral for the late South African cardiologist Professor Bongani Mayosi, who passed on Friday, 27 July 2018.

This category of a funeral is designated by the President of the Republic of South Africa for distinguished persons.

The President has instructed that the National Flag be flown at half-mast in Western Cape Province on the day of his funeral.

Professor Bongani Mawethu Mayosi was the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town and an A-rated National Research Foundation researcher

President Ramaphosa has once again extended his deepest condolences to the Mayosi family, relatives, friends and health science fraternity on this sad loss.

The details of the funeral will be communicated by the Western Cape Provincial Government.