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Limpho Hani, the widow of the former SACP general secretary, Chris Hani, has burst the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party\u2019s campaign bubble, cautioning them not to go near the gravesite of her late husband.<\/p>\n
She also barred the party from using symbols, including pictures, for their campaigning activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MK Party and its members or agents are specifically not allowed anywhere near the gravesite of Chris Thembisile Hani, nor is the said party allowed to use any symbols but not limited to pictures, names, apparel, and insignia that Chris Hani stood for,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
This comes after the MK party announced its intention to visit Hani\u2019s grave.<\/p>\n
Hani was assassinated outside his home in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, in 1993.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hani described the MK Party endorsed by former president Jacob Zuma as \u201cfraudsters and imposters\u201d who wanted to abuse the rich legacy of her husband to gain political influence and relevance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis rich legacy must be protected and saved from these bloodthirsty committed criminal elements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She maintained that she would not be associated with the party that hosted “fraudsters and longed to misuse and abuse her family name”.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the record, I, Limpho Hani, will not join or be associated with a political party that hosts and tolerates corrupt, fraudsters, imposters, and effective criminals like the MK Party appears to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The widow said that had Hani been alive today, he would not have associated himself with the party.<\/p>\n
She said her husband\u2019s political discipline was documented by the African National Congress (ANC) and SACP.<\/p>\n
\u201cHani’s political discipline is accurately and properly documented in the history of the ANC and the SACP and does not need corrupt fraudsters and effective criminals to explain to all and sundry in that regard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, last week, families of the late Peter \u2018Dambuza\u2019 Malada and Collins Chabane warned Zuma\u2019s MK party not to visit any of their relatives’ gravesites.<\/p>\n
They cautioned the party against using their late sons’ legacies to stir a storm in the political arena.<\/p>\n
kamogelo.moichela@inl.co.za<\/p>\n
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