By Wendy Magagula

MBABANE: Popular unionist, the former Secretary General of the then Swaziland Federation of Labour Vincent Ncongwane has died.

Ncongwane allegedly died on Thursday while being treated in a South African health facility. His death has been confirmed through a press statement released by Secretary General Mduduzi Gina on behalf of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland(TUCOSWA).

“The Federation has learnt with shock and disbelief the reports of the passing of Cde Vincent Ncongwane. May His humble soul rest in peace. Cde Ncongwane was a symbol of the unity of workers in this country. He was an outstanding leader and respected  not only by the workers but the entire mass democratic movement”, reads a statement in part released by the TUCOSWA Secretary General.