The UDM President was at an event to welcome more than 200 new members into the UDM fold in Khayelitsha on 3 March 2007. Many more have since joined and many, many more are still joining.
We, in the UDM, were certainly disappointed by the non-coverage of the above occasion by the SABC, despite having been formally and timeously requested to do so. The UDM will not rest until it has received a satisfactory explanation in this regard.
In the same breath, the UDM has received with shock the news that Mr Ngombane, a former ANC and independent councillor, who had publicly joined the UDM Western Cape structures on 24 February, was gunned down on 7 March 2007.
It would be a sad event if his killing were politically motivated because the country, and certainly the UDM, does not want that. Thank you, Chairperson. [Applause.]