Friday, 10 October 2014

Communist Party of Swaziland mourns the loss of Comrade Alex Langwenya

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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