*Young Communists in Gauteng commemorates the life of comrade Joe Slovo* *Statement for immediate release*
*Thursday, 5 January 2012 * The Young Communist League of South Africa, YCLSA [uFasimba] in the province of Gauteng joins the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the commemoration of the life of the late Comrade Joe Slovo. A communist, negotiator, strategist and tactician, Comrade Slovo served in National Consultative Committee of the Congress Alliance leading up to the *genuine *Congress of the People in 1955 where the *Freedom Charter*, which he contributed in drafting, was adopted although he could not attend but observed from a distance because of the apartheid brutality known as the *Suppression of Communism Act* that imposed barbaric restriction and sentences over his and other communists’ activity. One of the long standing communist cadres to the front, former SACP Central Committee Member, General Secretary in the 1980s and National Chairperson in the early 1990s, Comrade Slovo was involved in the founding of *Umkhondo weSizwe* which he served as Chief of Staff. Comrade Slovo served in the Revolutionary Council, as led by the African National Congress (ANC), from 1969 until it was dissolved in the early 1980s. He served as member of the ANC’s national executive and working committees. From 1994 until he left us on 6 January 1995 he served as Minister of Housing in South Africa’s first ever democratically elected government. Comrade Slovo shall remain one of our greatest inspirations as we advance, defend and deepen our SACP-led Medium Term Vision as encapsulated in 2007 in the party programme the* South African Road to Socialism. * Taking place in the context of the very important centennial celebrations of the ANC, Comrade Joe Slovo’s first commemoration ceremony for 2012 is arranged as follows. *Date:* Friday, 6 January 2012 *Arrival time:* From 9:00 *Venue:* Avalon Cemetery, Soweto Among the very important speakers from the SACP and alliance *as the YCLSA we will be represented by our National Chairperson Comrade Yershen Pillay.* As the YCLSA we invite young people to attend and the media to report. Issued on behalf of the Third YCLSA Gauteng Congress Provincial Executive Committee by: Alex Mashilo – YCLSA Gauteng Provincial Secretary 082 9200 308 [email protected] * * Also for further details contact: Matankana Mothapo – YCLSA Gauteng Spokesperson 082 759 0900 [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] .
