Mosima 'Tokyo' Sexwale, a guerrilla terrorist of the African National Congress. Sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. Left politics after liberation to Beecome a successful BEE entrepreneur; Host of South Africa's The Apprentice. Rejoined politics and is currently Minister of Human Settlements.
Charge: ...Terrorism & 'Selling-out' black national liberation.. Treason.Defendants response:
(...) We lived in poverty and we were all subjected to the humiliation which the whites imposed upon the blacks.
We lived in the same typical 'matchbox' houses; we were continually aware that there was not enough money available to meet our needs for food, clothing and education;and when we went into town and saw the relative luxury in which white people lived, this made an indelible impression on our young minds...
It is true that I was trained in the use of weapons and explosives. The basis of my training was in sabotage, which was to be aimed at institutions and not people...
We believe, and I believe, that the black people cannot be passive onlookers in their own country. We want to be active participants in shaping the face and course of direction of South Africa.My Lord, these are the reasons why I find myself in the dock today... I realised that the struggle for freedom would be difficult and would involve sacrifices. I was and am willing to make those sacrifices...
The Cold War: A history in documents
My how the view has changed from the R56 million palace - fuck you matchbox house people! -
I'm sorry but we can't have heresy around here...
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The Presidency has declined to comment on a leaked report which has fingered Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe as being privy to information relating to controversial businessman Sandy Majali's oil deals with the Iraqi government.
Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said they would not comment on a report in the Sunday Times which quoted from a leaked 155-page report by the Donen Commission, set up by former president Thabo Mbeki to probe the involvement of South African companies and individuals in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme in apparent violation of UN sanctions on Iraq. According to the newspaper article, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale is also named as possibly having transgressed UN sanctions through a company of which he was co-director which entered into oil transactions with the Iraqi regime...
The newspaper also reported that Sexwale told the commission that Mocoh, a foreign entity of which he was co-director, had incurred obligations to pay surcharges when it negotiated oil contracts in Iraq.
Sexwale's spokesperson Chris Vick said all oil transactions entered into by the former businessman with the Iraqi government were above board and not in contravention of UN sanctions.
"The transactions were strictly above board and clearly in line with the parameters of UN resolutions relating to the oil-for-food programme.
"This was conveyed to the Donen Commission in no uncertain terms," said Vick...
Ian Davidson said in a statement yesterday that Zuma should release the report and then appoint a commission of investigation with more extensive powers.
If any officials were found to have violated the UN agreement, under which all oil revenue was meant to go towards humanitarian purposes, they should be brought to book, he said.
"A commission of investigation into those South African companies implicated in the UN oil-for-food programme needs to be reconstituted. It needs to be chaired by a judge and, importantly, must have the powers of subpoena," he said.
Pretoria News
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