Oh come on! As someone else so aptly put it, the man died in a dispute with a *child labourer*. Has everyone forgotten the role that this buffooon played in trying to derail the end of apartheid? That he defended white supremacy? how many farm labourers died namelessly as a result of his kind of beliefs? I don't recall ET ever standing up in public to retract. I'm not in the habit of quoting the bible but the man lived by the sword and he seems to have died by it. Never mind how he was dispatched, I'm happy he's gone and I'm content for the world to know it. As to the problem of farm killings - anyone who thinks these are 'merely criminal' acts really should read 'Midlands'. Nevermind condolences to the Terreblanches. Let's go straight to the problem of abuse of farm labourers.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > > [image: SACP logo] > > *SACP Media Release, 5 April 2010* > * * > > *Our condolences to the Terreblanche family* > > > The SACP has received with regret and shock the news of the murder of the > leader of the AWB, Eugene Terreblanche. For years he has been a > controversial figure and outspoken against the transformation project and > national reconciliation. To this end the SACP had fundamental differences > with his views. > > Be that as it may, no matter what differences we may have with individuals > and their political beliefs, murder has no space in our society and is not a > solution to any of our problems. We therefore strongly condemn this act of > murder. > > We call on government to act swiftly on the alleged perpetrators, and > broaden these actions to combat both the killing of farm owners and farm > workers. We cannot afford anymore to send a message that any of the farm > killings is tolerable. > > The SACP also firmly supports the call for calm by the President. The SACP > also calls for restraint and that no-one must try and exploit this > unfortunate criminal incident for political reasons and grandstanding. > > In line with our elections manifesto, crime must be fought with all our > energies including rooting out the socio-economic conditions that give rise > to crime. > > If the allegation that Terreblanche’s murder arose out of a wage dispute is > true, it calls upon all of us, especially government, to strengthen the > effective regulation and the labour inspectorate on farms. Over a period of > time the SACP has strongly campaigned for the building of the capacity of > our Department of Labour to inspect and enforce legislation aimed at > protecting the vulnerable. This ought to be attended to urgently given > continuing reports of abuse of especially the most vulnerable workers, > farm-workers and domestic workers. > > The SACP calls for a speedy solution to the challenges facing our broader > land and agrarian reform, including the convening of the long overdue summit > of farm-workers and farm-dwellers. > > The SACP express its deepest condolences to the Terreblanche family and > friends. > * * > *Issued by the SACP.*** > * * > *Contact:* > * * > *Malesela Maleka* > *SACP Spokesperson – 082 226 1802* > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
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