Monday, 4 September 2023 – Just as we were about to sleep last night we got the news that our Tower, Yolani Sandile Dingane has sadly departed. I served with Cde Dingane in the Provincial Executive Committee of AZAPO in the Eastern Cape. This pic was taken in Makhanda after he was elected Treasurer.
I used to tease this person. We laughed with this comrade. Right on this podium as we were taking these photos I asked him “with a face like this, who will give us money”?. He laughed so hard. He knew I was referring to the scar beneath the plaster.
He loved our movement and was prepared to die for it. He was unwavering as a Tower. His face glittered in the company of his comrades. He departs just as he was organising his community to attend the Biko Pilgrimage in Ginsburg on 10 September.
Hamba Kahle Qabane. Usikhonzele koNtontela no Biko. Ubaxelele ukuba phantsi kobunzima, sisayibambile. Ide ibuye iAzania✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Cde Chris Swepu – Secretary General of the Azanian People’s Organisation ( AZAPO)