Adriaan Vlok, the former minister of Law and Order and Correctional Services during apartheid, passed away early on Sunday morning.
Family spokesperson Peet Bothma said Vlok died, after a short illness, at the Unitas Hospital in Centurion, Pretoria.
He was 85 years old.
“He is survived by his wife Antoinette, three children, Nicolaas and Adriaan Johannes Vlok and Annemarie Coetzee, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild,” Bothma said.
“Funeral arrangements are currently being made and will be announced shortly.”
