17 September 2001
The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns what it regards as a politically motivated theft of 2 computers, hard copies of several political documents and a sum of R2600 from its KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office. According to witnesses these items were loaded onto a car parked outside our office on Saturday evening. The photocopier was found abandoned in the lift leading to the SACP office.
The theft of the documents and the computers, which have other important documents and membership information, is not honest. Given that the thieves had unlimited access to our office and the items stolen, this theft is not an ordinary crime. If it was an ordinary crime, the thieves would have also stolen the cheque book and the large number of SACP jackets, t-shirts and other material sold by the SACP. Clearly, the crime is politically motivated and was well planned.
The British colonial regime intimidated us at our founding in 1921. The apartheid regime went even further by banning us and confiscating all our property and records in 1950. We have been subject to several other forms of harassment and thuggery. All those efforts failed. Whoever thinks that through this crime they will demoralise and weaken the SACP they are mistaken. Instead this deepens our resolve to fight for a radical National Democratic Revolution and the achievement of socialism. We will refuse any kind of intimidation because we are the true representatives of the working class. We call on all our structures and the South African working class to defend ideals and property of the SACP.
Already, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is investigating this crime. We call on all those who may have information about this crime to come forward with information to the SACP and the SAPS.
CONTACT
Smiso Nkwanyana
SACP KwaZulu Provincial Secretary
Cell:082 468 7184
OR
Mazibuko Kanyiso Jara (surname Jara)
Department of Media, information and Publicity
South African Communist Party
Tel: 011 339 3621
Fax: 011 339 4244
Cell: 083 651 0271
Email: sacp1@wn.apc.org