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The South African Communist Party condemns in the strongest terms possible the rascal, lumpen proletariat, their handlers and funders who organised transport earlier today to the home of Cde Solly Mapaila, our Second Deputy General Secretary, to threaten him in the name of "Hands off Zuma". ‎This legacy of President Jacob Zuma, the so-called defence for Zuma, is no longer merely anti-intellectual and mediocre. It has become ugly, dengerous and life threatening. The mischievous elements were clothed in the name of the "MK Foundation" and accompanied by cameras from the Gupta owned television ANN7.

President Zuma must be worried about this degenerationg of the worst form and both distance himself and condemn the cowardly action. The SACP will hold responsible all those who were involved and in their name the shenenigans organised should anything happen to Cde Solly and his family.

The case has already been opened with the police.‎ The Party Central Committee will this coming weekend discuss further measures to be adopted in relation to Cde Solly's safety as well as the safety of the entire SACP leadership.

But one thing is certain. No one will threaten the SACP into cowardice. The SACP will continue to intensify its unfolding programme to defend our democracy and the vision of a non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa with shared as opposed to monopolised prosperity.

Issued by SACP