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News - Date: 14 June 2002
As the province awaited an announcement regarding funeral arrangements for the late Peter Mokaba, tributes for the controversial ANC hero continued to stream in.
Mokaba died on Sunday, after sudden health failure.
In his tribute, Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi said Mokaba's death had deprived the party and the nation of "the invaluable intellectual and pragmatic contributions of a true revolutionary, in our continued struggle to bring about a better life for all".
Ramatlhodi said Mokaba was an outstanding youth leader, and his death posed a great challenge to the current generation of young people to be at the forefront of the ongoing struggle for the reconstruction and development of the country.
In expressing his condolences to the Mokaba family, the Premier thanked the family "for sharing their son with us and releasing him unreservedly to the revolution".
The South African Communist Party described Mokaba's death as a painful and grieving moment in the nation's history, adding that he had been "a person who never flinched a muscle regarding what he believed in".
"We call on all our people to salute this revolutionary, and pick up the spear to ensure that his death is not in vain", SACP central committee spokesperson Mazibuko Jara declared.
The South African Students Congress (Sasco) pledged not to allow Mokaba's spirit and ideas to die. Sasco urged all students and young people to participate meaningfully in Youth Month, in memory of Mokaba.
"We will remember him as a roaring lion, and his tradition of professional revolutionism, which continues to represent the hopes and aspirations of millions of our people", said Sasco provincial chairperson, Danger Lekgoro.
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