Comrades in the Swaziland Solidarity Network are best placed to respond to this email. I know there people who can assist this comrades.
It is a long and I think complicated to be said in this forum. If cadre you in Joburg, go to COSATU 3rd floor SSN offices, you will definitely be assisted. Long live the spirit of cde Jack Govender Long live On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Peter Mukwevho <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: > [email protected]<communist-university%[email protected]> > Subject: Amos Mbedzi > Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:42:16 +0200 > > Comrades > > Allow me to pass my sincere greetings to the revolutionary martyr > languishing in the swaziland prison. > I spent some few hours last night thinking about the contribution he made > in his life towards the present SA. > My encounter with this son of the soil dates back in 1988, at Univen, he > was always at the forefront fighting for students' rights and the university > management always harrassing him as well as banning him from attending > classes. I remember his well built physique and millitancy when addressing > students and management during mass meetings. At meetings he would always > dub the notorius lecturers like Badenhorst and Fourie as "Host Full of > Burden", during this time "Dubula bhunu" was still banned, i mean it was a > crime to sing this song as prescribed by the government of the day, > ironically today in 2010, the song has been rebanned. As students > participating in students' politics, i remember when he was amongst a group > leaders of SASCO to organize for us to attend a rally at the then FNB > stadium in 1989, during the release of the late Walter Sisulu & Co. In 1990, > some high schools around Venda started revolting ranging, reasons being > unfair treatment by management, ritual murderings, witchuntings, etc, as > SASCO's "back to school" Campaign, we went from one school to another > addressing them, i remember at one school the headman gave us a live chicken > to thank us for the role we played in encouraging learners to go back to the > classes. The reason i mentioned his militancy is that i could see that one > day he would join the People's army, MK. In 2005 i again met him in > Polokwane where he was working (Local Gov), we then chatted and exchanged > numbers. The last time again i met him at the funeral in Venda i think it > was in 2005/2006, i was happy to meet him again. When years progressed i > kept on asking myself his whereabouts, i was saved when i read from this > forum that he is behind bars in Swaziland. I'm always following the media, > but i've never read anything related and covered about comrade Amos, except > from this forum. Can somebody clarify me about the background leading to his > arrest and implications. > > Where are our leaders involvement for his release? This is the very same > comrade who was imprisoned during the apartheid era, i think he also > compromised his studies to make sure that he fought the poisonous government > and again he is suffering in the new era, what wrong did he do? Where are > the tenderpreneurs who were still wet behind ears when he dedicated his life > to freedom? Can they please stop jostling for fat tenders and posts and make > themselves loud to assist this martyr of our soil. > > Comrades i'm not saying i know him very much, it 's just that i'm keen to > know about the developments around him. > > Thank you. > > Peter > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > now. <https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> > > -- > 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] . > -- George Raphela Limpopo SACP Provincial Organiser 073 964 5829 or 079 059 8865 -- 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] .
