**** *NUMSA STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF SABC SENIOR JOURNALIST KGOMOTSO SEBETSO*
*9 May 2011* The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (*Numsa*) mourns the untimely departure of SABC senior journalist par excellence Kgomotso Sebetso. A journalist Cadre’s voice is no more; his face will shine on our TV screens not anymore; his revered reporting skills we will yearn forever; his un-bias reporting will be a lesson for many. A true journalist Cadre has been lost in Kgomotso Sebetso. Sebetso dies at a critical time of our struggle of building an activist media for people’s power that is in sync with the daily realities and struggles of the working class and the poor. Sebetso was an embodiment of an activist journalist Cadre in the newsroom that understood that news transmitted to our society should be about contesting the hegemony of the ruling class in favour of the working class. Sebetso’s grasp or understanding of political developments of the today made him to be far above his peers. We find solace in that Sebetso joins the galaxy of other great journalist cadres in the land of the departed such as Ruth First, Govan Mbeki, Edwin Mofutsanyane, Bessie Head and countless others who died fighting for a free and people’s media. We send our sincere condolences to his colleagues, family and friends. Death shall not be proud! Contact: *Castro Ngobese, National Spokesperson – 073 299 1595* -- 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] .
