Late apartheid struggle figure, doctor Nthato Motlana was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon at the West Park cemetery in Johannesburg.

President Kgalema Motlanthe paid tribute to the late Dr Nthato Motlana on Saturday, calling him a ”selfless leader of our people”.

Nthato Motlana will be best remembered for his activism, which stretched back to the late 1940s, when he became secretary general of the ANCYL.

Anti-apartheid activist, businessman and Mandela family physician Nthato Motlana has died at his Johannesburg home after a long battle with cancer.

Anti-apartheid activist, businessman and Mandela family physician Nthato Motlana has died after a long battle with cancer, it was reported on Monday.