** ** *ANC CAUCUS OF THE GAUTENG LEGISLATURE’s STATEMENT ON THE SUDDEN PASSING OF COMRADE KENNETH BATYI*
** *“A leader, a cadre, a revolutionary”* ** The ANC Caucus of the Gauteng Legislature has learnt with dismay and sadness of the sudden death of Comrade Kenneth Batyi. Comrade Batyi was a member of the Gauteng legislature from Daveyton in Ekurhuleni. This has come as a shock for the ANC Caucus as he showed no signs of ill-health. A charismatic leader who ensured that we remain jubilant at all times. Comrade Batyi possessed the ability to unite people and provide leadership in all aspects in the Caucus and the movement. **** Born and raised in the politically quiet but suppressed rural environment of the Eastern Cape in the 1960s, Kenneth Batyi finished his schooling at Cala High School in 1984 and immediately headed for Gauteng in search of work opportunities. Over the ensuing years, he was employed by several companies, including Renza, where he acquired machinist skills over five years of employment. **** Prompted by his experiences of living in a shack, in 1988, he became a leader of the Daveyton Civic Association, going on to become Deputy Chairperson of the township’s arm of the South African National Civic Association (SANCO), until 1998. In 1995, he was elected as the Chairperson of the ANC Daveyton and Benoni branches. Comrade Kenneth Batyi was one of the cadres of this movement who fought tirelessly to destroy the pillars of apartheid. He was actively involved in Daveyton Civic Association and Self Defence Unit in the early 1990’s. In 1996 he was elected to serve as an ANC Branch Chairperson (Daveyton Branch) and in 1997 he was elected as Zonal Chairperson for Daveyton / Etwatwa Zone, under his leadership we had a united and active organisation that was in touch with the people on the ground. In 1994 he served in the Benoni Interim Local Government. He has served tirelessly within the legislature and has remained a humble servant of the people.**** In 1999, Batyi came to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and joined the Social Development, the Health and the Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Committees. Following the 2004 elections, he was seconded to the Department of Social Development as Deputy Director, a seven-month assignment. He returned to the Legislature in December 2004, when he was appointed to the Agriculture, Environment and Conservation and the Gender, Youth and People with Disabilities (GEYODI) committees. He retained the love of soccer he developed during his playing years at school and remained loyal to Kaizer Chiefs. **** We send our heartfelt condolences to the Batyi family in these trying times. Our prayers, our thoughts and hearts are with them.**** ** ** Funeral arrangements will be announced as soon as they have been finalised.* *** * * *“Uphumle ngoxolo ngangalala yasentla kwaseQuthubeni. Kusapho lwakho sithi aluhlanga lungehlanga thuthuzelekani. * *INKOSI MAZIZOLE, IZICAKA ZITHAMBILE!!* *Hamba kahle qhawe”* ** ** *Issued by the Office of the Chief WHIP* * * *ANC CAUCUS* *Gauteng Legislature* * * *For more information * *Contact * * * *Gugu Ndima* * * *Media and Communications officer* * * *0767831516* ** ** ------------------------------ * Note:* This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. *Gauteng Provincial Legislature *and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. *Thank You. * ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Scanned by *MailMarshal* - M86 Security's comprehensive email content security solution. Download a free evaluation of MailMarshal at www.m86security.com ** ------------------------------ -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- 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] .
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