03 April 2003
To kick off the tenth anniversary of the murder of the late General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Chris Martin Thembisile Hani, the SACP will tomorrow launch the Chris Hani Poverty Eradication Trail in Sabalele (the birthplace and home village of Chris Hani), Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape.
The SACP General Secretary, Blade Nzimande, together with the Eastern Cape MEC for Social Welfare, Neo Moerane will lead the launch.
The launch will be held as follows
DATE : Friday, 04 April 2003; TIME : 10h00 – 14h00
VENUE : Hani’s home village in Sabalele, Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape
Nzimande and Moerane will also be joined by the Provincial Leaders of the ANC, SACP, COSATU and SANCO.
The launch of the Chris Hani Poverty Eradication Trail tomorrow will include the following:
The Departmens of Home Affairs, Health and Welfare will be at the launch to provide assistance and information to the people of Sabalele regarding registration for social security grants.
For the SACP, the Chris Hani Poverty Eradication Trail speaks to the person that Hani was. We remember Hani as a fighter against poverty and job losses.
In 1992, Hani led the SACP to launch the Health-Housing-Hunger Campaign. Through this campaign, Hani was making a contribution to improving the living conditions of all our people. During this period, Hani said “Socialism is not about big concepts… It is about safe drinking water… health care… a life of dignity”.
CONTACT
Mazibuko K. Jara (surname Jara)
Department Media, Information and Publicity – SACP
Tel : (011) 339 – 3621/2; Fax: (011) 339 – 4244/ 6880 Cell : 083 651 0271 E-mail – mazibuko@sacp.org.za