Clearance

"How is anyone, including the president, “cleared” of wrongdoing without first being investigated?" This is the question asked by Karima Brown yesterday in the Business Day, following the NPA/Scorpions' announcement (by the unfortunate Makhosini Nkosi) that the President had been "cleared" although no investigation had taken place because it was not “warranted”. When an emperor has not clothes, and everybody knows, then there is nothing for him to do except run for cover. Poor Makhosini, who was once a small-time emperor of the airwaves, hasn’t got the message yet. His former colleagues in the press used to cut him a lot of slack, but no more. The game is up. The exposure is complete. See the linked article below. The SACP’s 6th Mpumalanga Provincial Congress is to take place at the weekend – see the linked notice. The SACP yesterday issued an important statement concerning the Sahrawi Republic. Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa that has not yet achieved territorial independence, thanks to the invasion and occupation of its land by neighbouring Morocco after the withdrawal of the previous colonial power, Spain. Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of COSATU, will speak on Constitution Hill on Thursday, July 20th. Start time is 18h00 and the venue is our familiar Women’s Jail. An obituary was sent in. It is eloquent and strongly felt, and it is of a man, Prof Chachage, who believed in free universities and in popular liberation, and who was loved. The CU salutes such people. Click on these links: Cleared without being investigated, Karima Brown, Business Day (753 words) SACP Mpumalanga 6th Provincial Congress, 060714 (Notice) SACP statement on developments in Sahrawi Republic (281 words) Vavi, Trade Unions and Democracy, Con Hill 060720 (Notice) An Obituary - Prof Chachage (Notice)