On 6/29/11, Khaya Xaba <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > * OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY* > > Unit 1 Block A, Siwani > Avenue, Bisho Business Village,Bisho, 5650 > > (T) 078 6429004 (F) > 040-635 0463 (E)[email protected] > > > > *YCLSA Eastern Cape press release 28/06/2011* > > > > The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] in the Eastern Cape > Province has learnt with great shock and concern the brutal murder of a > Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student *Miss Tshepiso “Promise” > Sithole*. This came to us as a great shock that a young woman who had have > left Gauteng to attain higher education in the Eastern Cape so that she can > contribute with her technical capacity to her beloved country that is in > dire need of her intellectual capacity is no more. We extend our deepest > condolences to the Sithole family and the student fraternity at large. > > > > We condemn this brutal killing of the young life. What has perplexed us most > as the organisation is to learn that the suspect is her boyfriend who is > understandably older than her as he was her high school teacher. This if > proven to be correct by the law authorities it will demonstrate what we have > always been raising that patriarchy still exists in our country even post > the 1994 democratic dispensation. It is becoming categorically clear that > there are still men out there who think that they own women and that woman > must live by their arrogant narrow rules and regulations. We trust that the > authorities will arrest the suspect in this case as soon as possible. > > > > The YCLSA in the province is deeply concerned by the challenges faced by > young people in the institutions of higher learning; we believe that this > incident would have been avoided if the students were allocated with > affordable student residential areas within the university premises. The > current challenge with the student residential areas is the exorbitant fees > that are inaccessibly particularly to those coming from working class > background which forces them to leave in communes outside the varsity. > > > > The above mentioned challenge is but one of most challenges that are faced > by South African students. We understand that education is the societal > responsibility so all progressive social organs and working class formations > should work hand and glove in making sure that our education system is made > better. > > > > Issued by the YCLSA Eastern Cape Province > > > > For more information, please contact Mluleki Dlelanga [Eastern Cape > Provincial Secretary] > > > > Cell: 078 642 9004 > > Landline: 040-635 0463 > > E-mail: [email protected] > > Website: www.ycl.org.za > > > -- > Venceremos > > > > -- > Venceremos > > -- > 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] . >
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