29 June 2015
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape wishes to express its deep sense of loss on the untimely passing of Comrade Thembisa Zantsi, SACP Member, ANC REC member and serving councillor of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM). There are no words that can duly express our deep sense of loss of a gallant fighter of her calibre.
Cde Thembisa Zantsi represented one of the few comrades of the movement who always put the people and the organisation first. It is unfortunately that increasingly as the movement these are the kind of members we do not stand on their side but treat them as part of the thuggish elements that seek to highjack the organisation for self-enrichment at the expense of the people.
We salute Cde Zantsi for her contribution in the alliance, the people of BCMM and we will forever be indebted to her for generations to come and in her passing the hot tears of noble people will be shed.
We send our heartfelt condolences to her family, our ally the African National Congress (ANC), the revolutionary alliance, the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, and the people of BCMM which she served with diligence.
The SACP lowers its red banner with a profound sense of having worked with Cde Zantsi as a trusted member of our party till the end.
"Hamba kahle qhawe lamaqhawe"
Issued by the SACP Eastern Cape.
Contact:
Siyabonga Mdodi
SACP Provincial Spokesperson
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Office: +2740 635 1046/42
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