{"id":916753,"date":"2022-01-16T13:11:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T13:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/16\/carl-niehaus-in-shock-as-kebby-maphatsoes-tombstone-is-destroyed\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T13:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T13:11:52","slug":"carl-niehaus-in-shock-as-kebby-maphatsoes-tombstone-is-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/16\/carl-niehaus-in-shock-as-kebby-maphatsoes-tombstone-is-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Niehaus In Shock As Kebby Maphatsoe&#8217;s Tombstone Is Destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/a32ad26bda5245a0af679ab0cb0a5b99\"\/>ANC veteran and former Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association spokesperson, Carl Niehaus was left in shock after Kebby Maphatsoe&#8217;s tombstone was vandalised.<\/p>\n<p>Kebby Maphatsoe was the president of Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association and an ANC veteran who passed away late last year at his home in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Niehaus and other ANC comrades visited the graveyard on Saturday where they were also laying to rest one of their own, Pule Mlambo who was also ANC veteran. While at the graveyard that&#8217;s when they realised that Kebby Maphatsoe&#8217;s tombstone has been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/79e37a721b7e49a082506fbbe250cb97\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maphatsoe had two tombstones erected, the one with the ANC logo and the Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association logo. All of the tombstones were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Niehaus said the destruction of Kebby Maphatsoe&#8217;s tombstone is driven by cheap politics. He insinuated that those who vandalised it had motives and that it was not a mere coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that those responsible for the vandalism must be identified and arrested<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was with disgust and shock that I saw yesterday at Westpark Heroes Acre that the tombstone of the late President of MKMVA, Cde. Kebby Maphatsoe was vandalised and desecrated. This is politics from the gutter. Those responsible must be identified and charged,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/9a3438bf9ca041e793ae4f20f4d85083\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niehaus_carl\/status\/1482643831023616000?s=19\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/niehaus_carl\/status\/1482643831023616000?s=19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kebby Maphatsoe was one of the RET comrades, but during his last days when the Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association was disbanded as an ANC structure, there were speculations that he wanted to be neutral.<\/p>\n<p>On his funeral, several comrades wanted him to have a state funeral, but he had wished not to have one. Some also stated that he had predicted his own death as he died while in his sleep a week after instructing his wife how he wanted his funeral to be like. MK comrades caused quite a scene at the graveyard when they fired shots while ANC chairperson, Gwede Mantashe was still giving his speech.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1f48be946c094718998eb7b277e3f63c\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: DissentingVoices (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nANC<br \/>\nKebby Maphatsoe<br \/>\nMaphatsoe<br \/>\nPule Mlambo<br \/>\nUmkhonto Wesizwe<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANC veteran and former Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association spokesperson, Carl Niehaus was left in shock after Kebby Maphatsoe&#8217;s tombstone was vandalised. Kebby Maphatsoe was the president of Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association and an ANC veteran who passed away late last year at his home in Johannesburg. 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