Chairperson, the ANC expresses its outrage at the stabbing yesterday of Comrade Mcebisi Skwatsha, the provincial secretary of the ANC in the Western Cape. Comrade Skwatsha had just finished addressing an ANC meeting whose aim was to communicate the decisions that the provincial leadership of the ANC had taken on various matters. We condemn in the strongest terms this act of thuggery.
As South Africans we face a challenge to uproot the seeds of violent conduct and to convince all our people that violence is an unacceptable way of resolving differences in organisations and in society. We commend the swift action taken by the members of the SA Police Service in arresting the alleged perpetrators of this heinous crime. I thank you.