18 July 2017
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape has learnt with great sense of shock and profound sadness of the cold-blooded murder of Comrade Thozama Njobe, Council Speaker at the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality and the Branch Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC). Comrade Thozama Njobe was shot and killed in an execution style last night at Fort Beaufort.
We wish to convey our heartfelt condolences to her family, the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, the people of Raymond Mhlaba, the people of the entire province and the entire ANC led movement.
We are calling upon the law enforcement authorities to act swiftly in bringing the perpetrators of this atrocious crime to book. It is important for all peace-loving people of the province to work with the law enforcement authorities in ending these crimes. We must work together to arrest the rise of this phenomenon as it starts to raise its ugly head.
As the SACP, we condemn this atrocious act of what appears to be an assassination. We hope this is not linked to factional proxy battles and politics of rent-seeking in the ANC. Our province has always been characterized by the culture of political tolerance, and so it should remain. In the event that this may be linked to any form of political intolerance whether within or outside the congress movement, it will be representing an unfortunate departure from how the province has always been politically.
This we should see as a clarion call to us as the ANC led movement to unite and reactivate our organisations, the movement and our communities to fight against all social ills amongst other this.
May her soul rest in eternal peace.
Issued by the SACP Eastern Cape.
Contact:
Siyabonga Mdodi
SACP Provincial Spokesperson
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