*YCLSA Gert Sibande District Press Statement* May 30, 2013
*YCLSA angered by senseless rape and murder of its member* The Young Communist League of South Africa [Ufasimba] in Gert Sibande District has learnt with great shock and anger of the barbaric rape and murder of its member Cde Hlengiwe Cebekhulu. Cde Hlengiwe was murdered and raped on Monday morning when a yet unknown, cowardice, attacker broke into her room as she prepared to go to school. Cde Hlengiwe Cebekhulu [16], who had recently joined the YCLSA, was a learner at Machu High School, in Balfour. In the short period of time she had developed a keen interest in the political work of the YCLSA and had shown great potential. We wish to extend our condolences to Hlengiwe’s family, close friends and schoolmates in this time of need. They can take comfort in the wisdom contained in the isiZulu saying which says “Ukufa kuthatha fumuka, kufa kuthatha silaza”. Cde Hlengiwe's grotesque rape and murder forms part of series of murders which have received wide media coverage and have made the blood of South Africans curdle. While all these murders and rapes are one too many; Cde Hlengiwe's makes it all the more difficult for us to contain our rage as we continue fight a faceless enemy. As the YCLSA we believe that these unacceptably high numbers of cases of sexual violence against women and children are symptomatic of the breakdown of social integration owing to physical and spiritual alienation of the working class from their communities. The combination of our violence past, racial-gender-class inequality, general despondency owing to a lack of opportunities for gainful employment, fatherless or even child headed homes are all drives to the structural social breakdown which has breed men who have become social delinquents. We society are harvesting the fruits of our unique brand of colonialism. No amount of policing and prayer will deal with this scourge. Only the reversal the tyranny of an inherently violent system of capitalism will suffice. The YCLSA calls for the South African Police Service to speed the up the process of investigating and finding suspects for prosecution. We call on our members and the Balfour community to desist from seeking vigilante justice and allow the police to embark on the process of investigation and supply any information that may lead to the arrest and capture of the culprit. Issued On Behalf Of YCLSA Gert Sibande District Executive For more information contact: Sandile Khumalo District Secretary Cell: 0837604862 or Jacob Makhubo Branch Secretary Cell: 0734115147 -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
