Zindzi Mandela’s son Zondwa confirmed on Monday evening that his mother tested positive for COVID-19 on the day of her passing, but added that other tests have also been done, and that the family is still waiting for the autopsy report to clarify her exact cause of death.

Zindzi – the daughter of ‘giants’ Nelson and Winnie Mandela,  passed away unexpectedly on Monday morning, the same day that Mandela’s eldest son Madiba Thembekile died in a car crash in 1969.

Zondwa also confirmed in an exclusive interview with the SABC, that his mother will be buried on Friday rather than Saturday 18 July, which is the anniversary of her late father’s birthday.

Zindzi was an activist like her parents, and served as South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark.