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Church organisation to deliver King Dalindyebo pardon petition

2016-04-01 06:21

Wim Pretorius, News24

On Wednesday, King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo started his 12-year jail term for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, arson and kidnapping. PHOTO: Felix Dlangamandla

Cape Town – The Council of Churches South Africa International is expected to deliver a petition to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, on Friday, calling for a presidential pardon and the release of King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.

The Council will gather outside of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology campus in Cape Town.

Dalindyebo, the jailed AbaThembu king, is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence at the East London Maximum Correctional Centre.

Dalindyebo handed himself over at the Mthatha Correctional Centre in December 2015 after unsuccessfully trying several legal avenues to avoid serving his time.

He was then transferred to the East London Maximum Correctional Centre.

In 2009, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for culpable homicide, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, arson and kidnapping.

He was granted bail pending the outcome of his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal.

In October 2015, the SCA set aside his culpable homicide conviction and reduced his sentence to 12 years.

His crimes involved the treatment he meted out to some of his subjects in 1995 and 1996.

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Free all liberation soldiers

2015-05-01 19:16

All PAC aligned structures must revolt and force the ANC to release APLA cadres from jail.

For a nation that prides itself of being a democracy observing human rights and the rule of law, it is conundrum that there are still freedom fighters who fought apartheid and are today in the prisons of this country. The release of former members of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) and others is long overdone.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was one-sided truth and reconciliation. It penalised the victims of apartheid who took up arms against a ‘crime against humanity’.

The authors of the TRC ignored the international convention on the suppression and punishment of the apartheid crimes. We see in the television the ANC government releasing Eugene De Kok from jail, but failing to release the former members of APLA and other political freedom fighters.

This means that the ANC, which is so revered and supported continues to sell out the black people to the white settlers.

Who is the ANC and its government officials committed to between the people of Azania and colonisers.

Why is it easy for the ANC leaders, on one hand, to forgive and release suppressors and murderers of the black people, and keep MK, APLA and AZANLA freedom fighters in jail.

Which political regime must come to liberate freedom fighters from the ANC government prisons?”

Many white settlers of the then minority regime, Craig Williams, the Coetzees, the Strydoms and Bassons of this world are free.

This demonstrates that the TRC delivered to this nation the peace of the jackal and the lamb.

The jackal can eat the lamb any time it feels hungry, and shall be forgiven.

It must be noted that one shiny day the people of South Africa shall revolt against this neo-liberalist tendency, neo-capitalism and imperialism of the ANC.

Professor Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe said, “Leaders in front. Forward ever and backward never”.

It is the same determination that drives the PAC and its component structures today.

I therefore appeal to President Zuma and his cabinet to reconsider and release soldiers of the former liberation movement– members of Azania People’s Liberation Army

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ANC 'the new oppressor'

By Kingdom Mabuza | Dec 07, 2011 | 

FORMER Azanian People's Liberation Army commander Phillip Dlamini says the new struggle for Black people is to attain total freedom from the ANC-led government.

CAPTION: SUPPORTIVE: PAC supporters outside Johannesburg High Court yesterday. PHOTO: MABUTI KALI

Dlamini, who was speaking outside the Johannesburg High Court yesterday, accused the ANC government of being the new oppressor of black people.

Dlamini was among a group of PAC members and former Apla soldiers who gathered outside the court to support Kenny Motsamai in his parole application.

"As long as former Apla soldiers are still in prison for their role in bringing down white domination, the struggle of black people is not over. We have a new oppressor that keeps our cadres in prison."

Dlamini said foot soldiers had been imprisoned for following orders.

"We commanded and instructed Apla foot soldiers to execute certain missions, but we, their leaders, are outside and they are in prison."

Motsamai, a former Apla soldier, is serving a life sentence and has been in prison for 22 years. His application for amnesty at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a plea for Presidential pardon had been turned down.

In his application Motsamai accused the ANC government of discriminating against imprisoned former Apla members.

"The Correctional Services Minister (Nosiviwe Mapisa-Ngakula) discriminates against PAC political prisoners by applying political nepotism. What I know for sure is that we were condemned by the apartheid regime for playing a significant role in the liberation struggle," Motsamai said.

"I was denied amnesty by the TRC, which granted (amnesty to) some of the worst apartheid criminals ... like Barend Strydom, Dirk Cotzee and Craig Williams."

The matter was postponed to next year.

SOURCE: SOWETAN

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