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South African Communist Party Central Committee, 7 June 2014 Statement on the Passing of MaMbeki The Communist Party has learned with sadness the passing of Epainette Nomaka Mbeki (98), this morning at St Dominic hospital in East London following her admission two weeks ago for medical observation. At her age, in our culture we say MaMbeki has actually taken leave from our noisy sphere to a rest with complete life experience. MaMbeki was an activist in her own right. She became actively involved in our national liberation movement, as led by the African National Congress; and the struggle for socialism, as led by the Communist Party. She was one of the first women to join the Communist Party, actually the second African woman in 1937 to do so after Josie Palmer. "Throughout her life, MaMbeki maintained contact and lived with and among the masses of our people, majority of who are the working class and poor especially in the countryside. She was humble, and was never swept away by the fact that she was the mother of our second President of a democratic South Africa", said SACP General Secretary Comrade Blade Nzimande from St George Conference Centre in Irene, Tshwane, where he is attending ANC National Executive Committee Lekgotla. The South African Communist Party sends its heartfelt condolences to the entire Mbeki family and indeed our national liberation movement, the people of South Africa, our continent and the world as a whole. May her soul rest in peace! Issued by the SACP Contact: Alex Mashilo, Spokesperson SACP Media and Communications Department Mobile: 082 9200 308 Mobile: 060 343 1192 Office: 011 339 3621/2 Website: www.sacp.org.za Twitter: @2SACP -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
