ANC mourns Gavin Watson, calling him a 'brave, anti-apartheid activist'
26 August 2019
The ANC has expressed its shock at the death of corruption-accused Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson.
Watson died in a car accident near OR Tambo International Airport on Monday. A case of culpable homicide has been opened by the police.
ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe detailed Watson's history as an "anti-apartheid activist" who, together with his brothers, "associated themselves with the struggle for liberation at an early age and fought side by side with many compatriots against apartheid".
"It was in his home province of the Eastern Cape, where comrade Gavin Watson made the admirable and brave choice of disassociating himself with the privilege that came with being a white male in apartheid South Africa and choosing to participate actively in pursuing the ideals of a free, democratic and non-racial South Africa," Mabe said.