South African Communist Party Eastern Cape, 02 October 2015 Press statement: "Leaders must serve and protect the people" The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape notes and welcome the judgement by the Supreme Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction of the Thembu King, Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo was found guilty and convicted on numerous charges of merciless crimes meted against vulnerable people he is supposed to lead, serve and protect. We view this as an important milestone in a democratic dispensation as it entrenches the values espoused in our constitution that we are all equal before the law. This includes the most influential in the society with no exception. It is in this context that we find the allegations by the King's spokesperson, Mfundo Bhovulengwe quite misplaced and misleading, to allege that this is what the apartheid did to the King Sabatha Dalindyebo is fallacy. As the SACP, we retaliate what we have uttered on the 16 August 2014 in relation to the same convicted King. "Any leader with no exception of the Kings should serve the people and protect them at any given time. That should be done with the understanding that there is no one who is above the law even those born as leaders. We are of the firm view that none of us are born as subjects of anybody; therefore the dangers of regarding people as mere subjects is that you will treat them with gross disrespect and abuse them." The people of South Africa should ensure that they keep their leaders with no exception of traditional leaders accountable and of greater service to the people. We must ensure that their actions and conduct are befitting to the roles and responsibilities bestowed upon themselves. We are calling upon the Thembu nation and the people in general to support the families who were victimised by the convicted King. We should all desist the norm of the capitalist society of always siding with the powerful at the expense of the people. They should work with them to restore their dignity their dignity and their rights. Issued by the SACP Eastern Cape Contact: Siyabonga Mdodi SACP Provincial Spokesperson Mobile: +2783 358 8070 Office: +2740 635 1042/46 Fax: +2786 268 1281 Website: <http://www.sacp.org.za> www.sacp.org.za Facebook: SACP Eastern Cape -- -- 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.
