FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape is shocked and outraged by the assassination of Chief Whip at Emalahleni Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District , Comrade Xoliseka Lali whose body was found early this morning in Komani where he stays.
Recently elected ANC Chris Hani REC member , Comrade Lali also served as Portfolio Head of Infrastructure Development and Human Settlements.
Comrade Lali was a gentle giant who dedicated his life to serve his community. He was an inspiration and represented the cream of the crop of young cadres that are developed by the movement to service our communities.We have lost a dedicated comrade and a true revolutionary who served the community with dedication. His outstanding leadership skills will be sadly missed by many in the ANC.
It’s a sad day for our movement to loose such a young leader who had devoted his life to serving his community. The ANC strongly condemn the killing of councillors in our province.This is an act of barbarism to kill public representative and such murders of councillors have a negative effect in all efforts to service delivery to our people.
It is incidents such as this heinous crime that remind us that crime and violence remains a grave challenge in our communities and that as society we need galvanise each other’s strength to isolate the criminal elements that threaten social cohesion and harmony in our communities.
We do not know the cause and the motive. We are, however, worried that the killing of councillors is becoming a disturbing trend, noting that it is not happening for the first time. If this cowardly use of violence was carried out with the intention to subvert the will of the people, it will not succeed.
We call on the law enforcement agencies to do everything in their power to hunt down these heartless criminals and root out the evils of crime and violence faced by public representatives and our communities.
The ANC extends its heartfelt condolences to his family, his comrades, colleagues, friends, his community that he served with dedication and passion up to this last day. We share their grave sense of loss.
ENDS…
ISSUED BY THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS – EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
Enquiries :
Cde Gift Ngqondi
Provincial Head of Communications
ANC Eastern Cape
Mobile No-0849519924/0848439706
