We shall all meet there. On Nov 15, 2012 4:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Afrikanists, > > We have just been informed that the Memorial Service of one of the last > standing AFRIKANISTS Ntate Philimon Matlakana Tefu will be held as follows: > > Venue: OuRaad Saal (Pretoria CBD Church Square) > Time: 10:00am > Date: 18 (Sunday) November 2012 > > Afrika ke ya Rena > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:08:56 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAYCO] Fw: Ma-Africa once again we have lost... > > We mourn the passing on of comrade TF. He indeed was larger and his > contribution to Afrika momentous. I too have seen TF at work and have > shared with him in debates and platforms. It was always evident that he had > come all the way through the ranks, picking valuable lessons and skills > along. You could never discern any manifest of short-cut or parachutte in > his mannerism and thought pattern. He is certainly a loss to the movement. > He is a true PAC, he gave his life, the largest part of his active life, to > this organisation. As we mourn his passing we also bow in respect and in > gratitude for building and bestowing unto us the monument of the PAC. This > is just as much the case for our great leaders as Theo Mabusela and Ntoele > who are also no more. May their soul rest in peace. > > I must add that TF was very shrewed and might I also say street wise too. > In him you see why as boys they ruled the streets of Azania. The way he > walked, his dress code....a revolutionary pantsula. The way he will roast > you in debate and retreat into his laughter near hand covered to throw some > humour to your hammering. His choice of words to describe sell-outs you > would laugh your lungs off. Damn we will miss the comrade. Above all he is > our leader and a great servant of our liberation struggle. > > I hope one day we will rise so we allot these comrades their national hero > status. > > Afrika our land. > > Matome Mashao > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Hulisani Mmbara " <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:22:10 > To: PAYCO GOOGLE GROUP PAYCO GOOGLE GROUP<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAYCO] Fw: Ma-Africa once again we have lost... > > RIP to this tireless teacher. We would hold workshops/political classes > almost daily for years. He always had a political or ideological point to > ponder or reflect on. He did this with any person, anywhere. Whether its > fellow countrymen at a bus stop waiting for transport home or a visitor to > office. TF held political dialogues with everyone, given an opportunity. He > also struck me with his knowledge of various disciplines. He was never > afraid to take a different view and always continued to challenge any > established position, view, idea, political or ideological line if he had > reason to. A very engaging person. Most of the times he would reduce his > ideas in writing and ask for your opinion. One not afraid of debate because > he had a solid political and ideological grounding. He was also well read > in revolutionary theory, various political and history literature. He could > hold his own. If you were to stand against him on any issue, you needed to > know your story very well. Because of his firm grasp of historical and > dialectic materialism, and shrewd use of the tools in debate on the Robben > Island, he tells me he was often accused of being a marxist by his fellow > Africanists. However in the past few years he took on a pure African > nationalist position which fell short of addressing the social and class > question. He continued debating these questions. A lot can be said about > this gallant son of the soil. > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:10:58 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [PAYCO] Fw: Ma-Africa once again we have lost... > > > Afrikanists, > > I have just received an sms below: > ------ SMS ------ > From: > Received: Nov 13, 2012 22:50 > Subject: Ma-Africa once again we have lost... > > Ma-Africa once again we have lost one of the stalwarts of our struggle, TF > Philemon Tefu, he is no more, he has joined Benny Ntoele in the world of > our martyrs. 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