Tokyo Sexwale at the ANC conference in Polokwane. Jacob Zuma was elected as the new president of the ruling party of the Republic of South Africa., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Author : Jackson Mthembu
Arrest of Cde Tokyo Sexwale
28 October 2013
The African National Congress condemns the detention of Comrade Tokyo Sexwale by United States of America authorities while on a trip in that country last week. Comrade Tokyo Sexwale is a former Minister of a democratic Republic of South Africa, a decorated freedom fighter, activist and leader of our liberation movement, not a terrorist.
The very fact that the Government of America continues to view members and leaders of the African National Congress as terrorists is an affront to the global anti-apartheid movement, in which many compatriots from the United Nations including that country`s sitting President, were part of. The African National Congress toiled selflessly with the people of America, despite their government`s opposition at the time, for the liberation of the people of South Africa.
In 1966, Resolution 2202 A (XXI) of the United Nations General Assembly, labeled apartheid as a crime against humanity. Both the General Assembly and the Security Council that the United States is a member of regularly condemned apartheid. It is inconceivable therefore that today, the African National Congress and/or its members and leaders, who were at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid, are regarded as terrorists by America.
This affront on the rights and dignity of Comrade Tokyo Sexwale necessitates an unconditional apology to him and the people of South Africa from the US administration. The African National Congress further calls upon the US to remove from its terrorist profiling lists all those included because they fought against apartheid. We would have expected the United States to honour these freedom fighters of our people rather than what is being done to them now.
Issued by:
Jackson Mthembu
National Spokesperson
African National Congress
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