Tribute by Dr Zweli Mkhize on the passig of Prof Bongani Mayosi
30 July 2018
We have been shocked by the sad news of the sudden departure of Prof Bongani Mayosi.
Prof Mayosi was a highly revered chief specialist, a brilliant academic and researcher as well a world renowned cardiologist. He was respected both as a clinician and as a competent administrator both as the head of department of cardiology at Groote Schuur hospital and the Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences, which incorporates Medicine, in the University of Cape Town.
How does one bid farewell to such an illustrious life cut too short! How does anyone bid farewell and accept the loss of so brilliant a mind, ranking amongst the best brains that South Africa and our continent can offer the world of modern medicine!
No tributes will suffice to commemorate a doctor who dedicated his entire life as a committed servant of our people. He was one of the rare breed of African physicians to have scaled the climax of this complex and highly technical specialist field of cardiology.