Satish Dhupelia, the South African great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, succumbed to COVID-19 complications in Johannesburg on Sunday, three days after his 66th birthday, a family member said.

Dhupelia's sister Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie confirmed that her brother had died of COVID-19 related complications after he contracted the disease in hospital where he had been under treatment for a month due to pneumonia.