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On easier Saturday, April lOlh, comrade was men. South Africans and derm >< rats ihe world over, joined killed by an assassin. together in collective anger at the killing of a general In ihc days and weeks following, a massive lide of secretary of the SACP. anger and outrage rolled through our country. Commu­ Those who killed comrade Chris thought that they nists and non-communists, believers and non-believers, had murdered an individual. Unintentionally, they have rural people, unemployed workers, miners and business­ mobilised a huge army for liberation and democracy. TAKE UP THE SPEAR OF OUR FALLEN COMRADE! PETROL PUMP ATTENDANT, JOURNAUST, MK COMMANDER... STATEMENT CHARLES NQAKULA "DEEPEN POPULAR PARTICIPATION" - OUR NEW - CENTRAL COMMITTEE The CC met in emergency session on April 24 to assess the assassi­ GENERAL SECRETARY nation of our general secretary, comrade Chris Hani, and the mass Meeting in an emergency session on response in the two weeks follow­ April 24, Ihe SACP Central Commit­ ing the murder. tee con filined Charles Nqakula as our In a statement after the meeting new General Secretary. the CC warned Dc Klerk: Comrade Charles Nqakula has "we are not going lo take at­ been serving as assistant general tacks on us lying down. We secretary to Chris Hani since the end also warn the right-wing that of 1991. our patience is not lunitless, He was born, the ninth of ten chil­ our discipline is not a matter dren, 50 years ago in Cradock. His of cowardice, and our non- father, a contract labourer working on racialism is unshakeable." farms, died when Charles was young. His mother, Ida, worked as a washer­ I Charles Nqakula CHRIS HANI CAMPAIGN woman earning one pound a month. Charles and his younger brother were hibited immigrant" and confined to The CC announced a "Chris Hani the only children in Ihe family to the Ciskci. Determined to carry on campaign, which, amongst other receive schooling. with journalistic work, he established things, will include a recruitment the Veritas News Agency in drive of revolutionaries to take up FROM WAITER TO JOURNAUST Kingwilliamstown. the fallen spear of Chris Hani." In 1984 comrades in his under­ Alter matriculating at Lovedalc High ground ANC/SACP network were School, Charles worked as a garage captured, and Charles was instructed DEATH OF petrol attendant then as a waiter in by the underground to leave the Cradock. In 1966 he started working country. He went to , Tanza­ COMRADE TAMBO as a journalist, for the Midland News, nia and . In 1985 he received ImvoZabanlsundu and, then, the Daily military training in and the Despatch. Soviet Union. Charles remembers imbibing ANC At the end of the year he was politics from an early age. "The Rev appointed to direct from Lesotho un­ James Calata had turned Cradock derground work in the Cape and Free township into an ANC bastion. Even State. This was the machinery earlier in the years of heaviest repression, in developed by Chris Hani. the 1960s and 70s, the congress tradi­ ANC National Chairperson, O.R. tion was kept alive by Calata's Angli­ OPERATION VULA Tambo... Ms death Is a great loss can church. To be a member of the It o our revolutionary cause church meant, in effect, beingan ANC In 1988 he returned clandestinely to member." , as part of Operation As a journalist, Charles served as Vula. In December 1991,Charles was The SACP's CC expressed its deep vice president of the Union of Black elected assistant general secretary of sense of sadness at the loss of ANC Journalists, and then of WASA and Ihe SACP. national chairperson, comrade OR MWASA. After Zwelakhe Sisulu's Comrade Charles Nqakula is an Tambo. "Comrade Tambo was an banning, he succeeded for a lime as extremely modest and hard-working outstanding patriot who, more than president of MWASA, until he too person. "Nobody must expect me to anyoneelse, helped to build and unify was banned in 1980. step into comrade Chris Hani'sshocs. our ANC-led tripartite alliance, Iwill.asinthepast.givcevcrylhingto through the long years of exile. He "PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT" the party, inspired by the example of will be deeply missed by alt commu­ comrade Chris, and strengthened by nists, his memory wilt long be cher­ In 19K2 Charles was declared a "pro- the collective that he helped build." ished by our party."

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•• Joint Joint control also means '%, community control Even before wc have won our nego­ tiating demand for a transitional multi* Control The mass-driven events in the weeks party control over policing, the masses in following comrade Hani's assassination action were winning this demand in an gave birth to a new reality. In numerous embryonic form, on the ground. Now mass actions, including at the funeral This is an experience that wc must itself, policing and protection was not analyse and build upon. Joint control The assassination of comrade Chris Hani (and could not be) provided unilaterally must not be understood simply in a for­ has underlined Ihc urgency of bringing by Ihc SAP. mal way. Joint control must not be re­ all armed formations in our country un­ Under enormous pressures and in the duced to some bureaucratic, national der joint, multi-party control. face of racist provocation, thousands of multi-party committee. Joint control must This joint control must form pari of a ANC marshals, MK units in uniform, be something concrete, it must, above multi-party Transitional Executive international monitors, and National all, be a reality on the ground. Council in the run-up to democratic elec­ Peace Accord structures co-operated to In building a grass-roots ap­ tions. This joint control must be intro­ maintain peace and uphold cite right to proach to joint control, we need duced within the coming weeks, there is peaceful mass action- The SAP did not to take forward Chris Hani's no excuse for further delay. always co-operate with this network (no­ call for township-based Peace All armed formations - SADF. SAP, tably at Protea police station). But where Corps. MK, Apia, the Transkci Defence Force, there was co-operation, an effective po­ the KwaZulu Police, the Ciskei and Bop lice service was provided. POUCING BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE! Defence Forces, etc, - must be placed under joint control. The urgency for such a move is now all the more necessary considering that: CHRIS HANI ON

* De Klerk's parliament has just voted R3,7 billion of taxpayers* money to the SADF's secret account. What on earth do they need Ibis fortune for, if PEACE CORPS they are really serious about democ- ratisation and peaceful change? uWe need to think creatively training and equipment, the NPA about thefuture of self defence units might increasingly he able to move * De Klerk has faUed to disband bis (SDUs), We have never seen SDUs away from an over*reliance on the dirty tricks departments. Under mas­ as private armies for the ANC and SAP at the ground level. We needt sive pressure, following Inkathagate, its allies, nor have we thought of at least, to think and debate this the Boipalong and Bisho massacres, them as a cover for building MK. possibility. the CCB revelations, the Goniwe SDUswere conceived in response to "Right now we need to be death signal and numerous other in­ t the desperate pleas of township building a broad Peace Corps within dicators of a systematic low intensity dwellers. All along we said they our townships and places of work. war strategy, De Klerk has simply should be non-partisan, community Our conception of SDUs must not retired a few senior officers and other based, not politically affiliated. At be simply short-term...Should we (still unnamed) agents. The Depart­ the same time we, as political for* not have township based, non-par­ ment of Military Intelligence, under motions, in the face of a massive tisan SDUs.. funded and trained by the notorious General "Joffel" van escalation of violence, were duty a future democratic state? I am derWesthuizen still exists. The Askari bound to assume responsibility for thinking of paid or voluntary serv­ units, under SAP General Krappies their organisation. It has not always ice, let us say 500 people for (and Engelbrccht, still exist, as do numer­ been easy to get the balance right... from) a township like Sebokeng ous other dirty tricks departments and thing a 2-year stint assisting with operations. "We need now to debate the merits and possible problems of crime-control, patrolling, clean-up formally locating township SDUs campaigns and general service to We demand the full, and transparent, within the structures of the National their townships.w disbanding of all these covert opera­ Peace Accord. In thisway we might tions and special forces. be able to make both the SDUs and - C/iris Hani, April 2t 199;m i the NPA more effective. The SDUs East Rand Summit on PeacevandPolitical and Political We demand Joint control over all armed might be able to receive proper Tolerance. formations In the next weeks.

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UMSEBENZI • Volume 9 No.l. 1993 • Page 3 I Hamba Kahle Cdc Chris H;Uii! Joe Slovo, , Fidel Castro SACP chairperson: ANC President President, Cuba ft I would like to address a final word Itwaswithdccpsortcwandindigru- Chrb Haniwasa rare combination of to Chris bimscJI—comrade, friend and lion thai wc learned of the vile murder of different iteQglta He was jn inlcllco confidant* Comrade Chris Hani, whom we bad the lual who could *pcak ihe language of In our heart, as in the beauo f all our opportunity to meet during his vfeit ai the poof. He knew bow to Jcad, ami he people, you are irreplaceable. Wc have the head ofa solidarity delcgaiionof the knew bow lo follow. He w^* & revolu­ bcenstmckablowihalwx>unds so deeply South African Communis! Party. tionary who did not confuse revolution lhat the scars wp| remain forever. Von At Ihis juncture — which is not ex­ with noise. He was neithera hawk nor a b hi down your life sothat we may know empt of repealed actso| violence, but in dove. When ihe lime came m fight, be which the ncKOtiaitnfl will and the ANCs loughllifcca tiger Whcnapcaceful way freedom. No greater sacrifice is possi­ ability lo express the Icclings ol ibe forward became possible, be h-id ibe ble. South African people have prevailed— courage to say so. He waaalways sensi­ We by you lo rest with Ihe pledge tive to popular feeling, but he never that the day of freedom you lived and it is confirmed that Ihe forces of reaction pandered lo it died for will dawn* We alt owe you a arc the only ones which benefit from the Above all, Comrade Chrts was a debt lhat can only be repaid lb rough ihe political violence to vhich the Souih Communist A Iruc Communist For achievement of the liberation of our African people arc daily (subjected lo]. him Cnmmun ism wasn't bio wordv For people, which was the passion of your The survival of sectors and forces con* him, communism was jobs for ihe job- life. Irary to the elimination of racial segre­ less, homes for the humek^ living a Fighter, revolutionary, soldier Tor gation regime, even at the price of such wage for workers* hope for die youth, a peace, wc mourn deeply for you. You a heinous crime, also confirms lhat — life of dignity tor the ok), free health will remain in mtr heart* forever. although the future looks promoting — care and decent education for us alt the a mi- movement will have Cdc Chris had great support TTiK is what he stood for, and Tor this to wage great batiks *nd lace unfore amongst the millions ot youth he died.' sccablc obstacles. 0 iIn our country aY**v-

r r Fighter for the * *»'ii f < Co**** / c I tit* [>p I Flower-carrying MK Part of the tens of thousands Paying their last respect... contingent ol MK Combatants leading cortege i Of Mourners at FNB Stadium Workers and the poor marching past the coffin of cde Chris Hani

ogo4Tribut- UMSEBENZ1* Velum* 9 Ho. 1, Ivvi e to a fallen herUMSEBENII • VeJum*9No,o 1,1993* l»ag« I Hamba Kahle Cdc Chris H;Uii! Joe Slovo, Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro SACP chairperson: ANC President President, Cuba ft I would like to address a final word Itwaswithdccpsortcwandindigru- Chrb Haniwasa rare combination of to Chris bimscJI—comrade, friend and lion thai wc learned of the vile murder of different iteQglta He was jn inlcllco confidant* Comrade Chris Hani, whom we bad the lual who could *pcak ihe language of In our heart, as in the beauo f all our opportunity to meet during his vfeit ai the poof. He knew bow to Jcad, ami he people, you are irreplaceable. Wc have the head ofa solidarity delcgaiionof the knew bow lo follow. He w^* & revolu­ bcenstmckablowihalwx>unds so deeply South African Communis! Party. tionary who did not confuse revolution lhat the scars wp| remain forever. Von At Ihis juncture — which is not ex­ with noise. He was neithera hawk nor a b hi down your life sothat we may know empt of repealed actso| violence, but in dove. When ihe lime came m fight, be which the ncKOtiaitnfl will and the ANCs loughllifcca tiger Whcnapcaceful way freedom. No greater sacrifice is possi­ ability lo express the Icclings ol ibe forward became possible, be h-id ibe ble. South African people have prevailed— courage to say so. He waaalways sensi­ We by you lo rest with Ihe pledge tive to popular feeling, but he never that the day of freedom you lived and it is confirmed that Ihe forces of reaction pandered lo it died for will dawn* We alt owe you a arc the only ones which benefit from the Above all, Comrade Chrts was a debt lhat can only be repaid lb rough ihe political violence to vhich the Souih Communist A Iruc Communist For achievement of the liberation of our African people arc daily (subjected lo]. him Cnmmun ism wasn't bio wordv For people, which was the passion of your The survival of sectors and forces con* him, communism was jobs for ihe job- life. Irary to the elimination of racial segre­ less, homes for the humek^ living a Fighter, revolutionary, soldier Tor gation regime, even at the price of such wage for workers* hope for die youth, a peace, wc mourn deeply for you. You a heinous crime, also confirms lhat — life of dignity tor the ok), free health will remain in mtr heart* forever. although the future looks promoting — care and decent education for us alt the a mi-apartheid movement will have Cdc Chris had great support TTiK is what he stood for, and Tor this to wage great batiks *nd lace unfore amongst the millions ot youth he died.' sccablc obstacles. 0 iIn our country aY**v-

r r Fighter for the * *»'ii f < Co**** / c I tit* [>p I Flower-carrying MK Part of the tens of thousands Paying their last respect... contingent ol MK Combatants leading cortege i Of Mourners at FNB Stadium Workers and the poor marching past the coffin of cde Chris Hani

ogo4Tribut- UMSEBENZ1* Velum* 9 Ho. 1, Ivvi e to a fallen herUMSEBENII • VeJum*9No,o 1,1993* l»ag« I Disinformation Campaign Death by bullets, death by disinformation Who killed Chris Hani? It seems fairly clear, now, that the man who pulled the trigger was part of an ultra-right conspiracy. But is that the end of the story?

The SACP is not convinced Ihit, behind sination that Ellis made an even more sin­ RICHARD ELLIS ister intervention. He published a com­ the ultra-fight conspiracy which directly pletely unsourced story, alleging that kilted Hani, there is not a more substan­ I-CHARACTE R ASSASSIN Winnie Mandela claimed Hani was mur­ tial conspiracy within the security forces dered by rivals within the ANC. of the regime. This morcsuhslantial con­ Richard Elfis is the Johannesburg based When questioned. Ells admitted he spiracy is rcla led to a broader low intensity correspondent for the London Sunday had not Interviewed Mrs Mandela. When warfare strategy. Unlike the ultra-right. Times. He has been one o( the most active asked why he had failed to speak to the ANC's Information department, he its aim is not to unleash a race war and journalists in the disinformation campaign against Chris Hani. claimed to have left a message with sabotage negotiations. In the days after the release of a AutoPage. As it happens, AutoPage Rather, it wishes to soften up the Markinor poll, which showed Hani to be records all messages. Elis had left no such ANC. and in this way steer (he process of easily the second most popular political message. change into a nco-apartheid agreement. leader in our country (after Nelson Worse still, in the days foBowing the Part of this low intensity warfare strategy Mandela), Eliispublishedavlciouscharac- London publication of this terrible lie, Ellis is a co*ordinalcd campaign of ter assassination of Hani. It was called: approached Democratic Party MP Lester "South Africa's Saddam stakes his claim" Fuc hstoraisethe allegation in pa rtiament. disinformation against ANC leaders. (London Sunday Times, 31 January). A last minute intervention by DP leader Whether Dc Klerk's security net­ Ellisctaimed Hani was planning to break Zach De Beer stopped Fuchs. The CP did, works were directly behind Hani's assas­ away from the ANC and to "capitalse on however, try to make some mileage out of sination or not, there can be no doubt that growing black disillusion". Ellis also tried to the story in parliament. Ihcy launched a major disinformation ink this disinformation with a supposed We do not know If Ellisisa hired hand in campaign against him in the months be­ Hani-Winnie Mandela cabal. the pay of some dirty tricks department. fore bis death. At the very least, this At the time, the SACP and comrade Certainly the pattern of behaviour of this disinformation campaign encouraged the Chris hlmserf absolutely rejected the story. South African-born journalist is typical of "Over the decades, tens of thousands of the kind of work in which the apartheid direct assassins to cany out their terrible SACP members have helped build the drty tricks departments engage. action. ANC into the major force that it is. Virtually These departments have Infiltrated the In the months before his killing the all our members are today active ANC media, Including prestigious international disinformation campaign claimed: members. Millions of non-communist ANC publications. When a piece of • Hani was forming a black liberation members and supporters share with usthe atsinformation is either too ridiculous, or basic commitment to a thoroughgoing too defamatory, to be launched directly army of dissident MK, Apia and social transformation. As a party commit­ other forces in Zimbabwe; ted to socialism, the SACP is certainty not here in South Africa, then they use foreign based newspapers. They also try to use the • He was splitting the SACP from the about to abandon the ANC." privilege of parliament to be able to make ANC; But it was one week after Hani's assas­ ibellous claims. • He was conspiring with Winnie Mandela; The campaign of lies even tried to •••A************************************* make him a master-mind in a bank rob­ bery. "Discrediting political leaders In the opposition camp Is a popular The huge national and international strategy, especially In the SADF. In Namibia one of the major themes outrage at the assassination of our com­ against SWAPO was the discrediting of the senior leadership corps of rade underlines that this campaign of lies the party. In South Africa, this strategy has also been deployed very tailed miserably. Nevertheless, those be* fruitfully." hind it must not be allowed logo unpun­ ished. - Major Nico Basson, former Iieadofthe SADF Department of Military Intelligence DISBAND DE KLERK'S DIRTY "Comops " operation in the run-up to Namibian independence elections in 1989. TRICKS DEPARTMENTS NOW!

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ganda", said Hani, "thanon invesligat- | THE MQAQENI AFFAIR According to prison officials, on dis­ »» embarking at Diepkloof, they had inga senous crime. On March 26 (his year, Solomon commandeered the prison truck and * how did Mqaqeni escape so easily Mqaqeni and two others appeared in driven back out of the mysteriously from a maximum security prison? the Rand Supreme court. They were wide open front gates. charged with murder and the robbery Mqaqeni's statement implicating of a bank. Hie three charged were all, Hani and Sexwale was widely pub­ "Having been used as a pawn to make a propaganda point, I am frankJy now allegedly, ANC members and self- lished in the local media. And two days worried for Mqaqeni's safely. In Ihe defence unit activists. latcr Minister of Law and Order, t past, fake prison escapes have been In a statement made under interro­ Hernus Kriel, launched a wild attack used to eliminate people.»" * gation, Mqaqeni said that the bank on MK, accusing it of being involved in robbery had been master-minded by crime. * "Was Hernus Kriel in any way in­ Chris Hani and Tokyo Sexwale (ANC The nexl day, the SACP held an volved in what has all ihe hall­ PWV chairperson). MqaqenTs state­ urgent press conference in which Chris marks of a stage-managed opera­ ment added that a portion of the stolen Hani asked: tion?" money was subsequently handed over to Sexwale in the ANC head office. * why, given the seriousness of the The SACP has requested the At his court appearance, Mqaqeni allegations against himself and insisted that the statement had been Sexwale, did the investigating of- Goldstone Commission to look into coerced out of him. The judge, how­ ficeis handling Mqaqeni nevcronce the behaviour of the investigating ever, admitted Ihe statement as evi­ visit, phone or in any way question officers in this case, the circum­ dence. himorScxwale7 stances of the mysterious escape, On ihe evening of their first court and any possible involvement by appearance, Mqaqeni and his co-ac­ "These so-called public servants, the Kriel. cused were reported to have mysteri­ police and the prosecutor, seem to be ously escaped from Dicpkloof prison. more intent on making political propa­

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