Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died at the age of 59.
She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning, public broadcaster SABC said.
She was an activist in her own right and was serving as ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.
The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.
She had been designated to become South Africa's envoy to Liberia after her stint in Copenhagen, which started in 2015.
She was born and raised in Soweto and was educated both at home and in neighbouring Swaziland.
Zindzi grew up while her father was incarcerated by the apartheid regime for 27 years.
Like her parents, she was involved in the liberation struggle and was an active member of the African National Congress (ANC).
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