The
Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) is mourning the loss of one of the finest
cadres of the Swazi liberation movement, Comrade Alex Langwenya, a CPS member
and Deputy Secretary General of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO).
Cde
Langwenya had been ill for the last few months, and was admitted to Mbabane
government hospital last week, where he died early on the morning of 7 October
2014.
Cde
Langwenya held many positions in the leadership of the liberation movement
since the late 1990s. He was National Organiser, Political Commissar and
President of the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO).
He
was also an active trade unionist, first as a member of the Swaziland
Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union, and then as a shop steward and
executive official of the union in the then SAPPI branch.
He
was a brave and committed comrade, who endured harassment, detention, arrest
and torture at the hands of Mswati’s police, and routinely charged with various
political crimes, including sedition, by the regime – the crimes of fighting
for the freedom of the Swazi people. The regime also tried to silence Cde
Langwenya by bombing his home at night while he slept.
Cde
Langwenya took an active part in the CPS from its formation stage and was a
much loved and valued comrade who resolutely championed the struggle for
socialism in Swaziland.
CPS
extends condolences to the PUDEMO family, Langwenya family, her wife
Nonhlanhla, colleagues in the workplace and profession and his community at
Ntshanini in the Shiselweni Region.
He
will be remembered for his never lapsing commitment to the struggle of the
working class and poor people of Swaziland and world over.
Contact
Kenneth
Kunene
General
Secretary
072
594 3971
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