SACP Mpumalanga Provincial Office Vandalised

The South African Communist Party in Mpumalanga Province is dismayed by the burglary and vandalism in its Provincial Office located in the National Union of Mineworkers Offices (25B Metis House), eMalahleni.

A case has already being opened with the SAPS and hopefully the police will move swiftly and arrest the perpetrators of this senseless vandalism and burglary. Amongst other things stolen by the perpetrators are, laptop, Membership file, Microwave oven and some equipment used by the building cleaner.

We never thought that whilst celebrating 20 years of democratic breakthrough we have to deal with issues of security of our staff, leaders and property in a similar way we did during apartheid era. The SACP will take extra-ordinary measures to make sure that our offices and personnel are safe.

We hope the law enforcement agencies will not only act speedily in apprehending the responsible culprits but will do so as part of renewing our confidence in them that they can do their work without fear or favor especially here in Mpumalanga Province.

We are suspicious that the burglary and vandalism are politically motivated noting some of the items stolen and further we see it as intended to intimidate and threaten the organization and its leadership. It is a well-known matter that communists in Mpumalanga are a political target and a night-mare to lumpen-tenderpreneurs. This will never prevent us in our fight against lumpen-tenderpreneurs who are hell-bent on threatening communists and politically persecuting them. We will continue to speak against corruption and any foreign tendency within the movement.

Statement issued by Bonakele Majuba, SACP Mpumalanga Provincial Secretary, April 1 2014

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