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== =PROGRAMME FOR THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF THE LATE COMRADE JUDA KOMOTEDI TSOTETSI 1971 – 2006=


 * DATE: 11 FEBRUARY, 2006 TIME: 08H00 – 14h00**


 * Programme Directors: Comrade Bathabile Madonsela and Jackson Mthembu**


 * TIME || **ITEM** || **SPEAKER** ||
 * || **PART ONE: PROGRAMME AT HOME** || ||
 * **08H00** || **Mourners take seats, introduction of the service programme and programme directors** || **Programme Director Bathabile Madonsela** ||
 * **08H10** || **Prayer Service** || **Reverend Isaac Mtshweni** ||
 * || **Conduct of family burial rites** || **Family** ||
 * **08h40** || **Cortege leave for the Lynnville Stadium** || **All** ||
 * || **PART TWO: AT LYNNVILLE STADIUM** || ||
 * || **Welcome and call to rise** || **Comrade Jackson Mthembu** ||
 * **09h00 - 09H05** || **Singing of the National Anthem** || **All led by POPCRU Choir** ||
 * **09H05 – 09H10** || **Prayer Service** || **Reverend Khumalo** ||
 * **09h10 – 09h20** || **Introduction and acknowledgements of dignitaries** || **Mpumalanga SACP Provincial Chairperson, comrade Madala Masuku** ||
 * || **TRIBUTE MESSAGES** || ||
 * **09H20 –09H30** || **Nyambi family** || ||
 * **09H30 – 09H40** || **Tsotetsi family** || ||
 * **09H40 – 09H50** || **Friend** || **Cde Adrian Williams** ||
 * **09h50 –10h00** || **Colleague from the Mpumalanga Parks Board** || ||
 * **10H00 – 10h10** || **Peoples United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) Swaziland** || **President Mario Masuku** ||
 * **10h10 –10h20** || **POPCRU:** || **General Secretary Comrade Abbey Witbooi** ||
 * **10h20 – 10h30** || **Young Communist League** || **National Secretary Comrade Buti Manamela** ||
 * **10h30 – 10h40** || **African National Congress Youth League** || **President, Comrade Fikele Mbalula** ||
 * **10h40 –10h50** || **SA National Civic Organisation** || **Deputy General Secretary, Cde Master Mahlobogoane** ||
 * **10h50 – 11h15** || **Congress of South African Trade Unions** || **General Secretary, comrade Zwelinzima Vavi** ||
 * **11h15 – 11h45** || **African National Congress** || **Deputy President, Comrade Jacob Zuma** ||
 * **11h45 – 12h15** || **South African Communist Party** || **General Secretary, Comrade Blade Nzimande** ||
 * **12h15 – 12h25** || **Reading of wreaths** || **Family members** ||
 * **12h25 –12h35** || **Reading of the obituary** || **Comrade Tebogo Tsotetsi** ||
 * **12h35 – 12h40** || **Vote of thanks** || **ANC Regional Chairperson comrade Charles Makola** ||
 * **12h40** || **Cortege leave for the cemetery** || **Only dignitaries** ||
 * || **PART THREE: CEMETERY** || ||
 * **13H00 – 13h20** || **Prayer and Burial Sermon** || **Reverend Isaac Mtshweni and Reverend Khumalo** ||
 * **13h20 – 13h30** || **Family Burial rites** || **Tsotetsi Family** ||
 * **13h30 –13h35** || **Vote of thanks** || **Tsotetsi Family** ||
 * **13h35 –13h40** || **Announcements** || **Programme Director** ||
 * **13h35 –13h40** || **Announcements** || **Programme Director** ||


 * OBITUARY – JUDA KOMOTEDI TSOTETSI**

On Tuesday the 31st of January 2006, the country and the progressive movement woke up to the sad news of the passing away of Comrade Juda Tsotetsi, the Provincial Secretary of the SACP in Mpumalanga since May 2000.

Juda was born 11 April 1971 in Standerton in Mpumalanga. He started his School at Madi Primary School. He then proceeded to Lethukuthula High School in Katlehong - Natalspruit, Gauteng and later to Sizakele High School at Secunda in Mpumalanga, where he matriculated. It is this period of his school days that records his involvement in the Congress of South African Students. At the time of his death, he held a Diploma in Police Management and was currently studying towards a Degree in Police Management with UNISA.

The death of comrade Juda comes at a time when the millions of South Africans are preparing for the forthcoming local government elections. Comrade Juda himself has in the past weeks been at the forefront of a campaign calling for an overwhelming ANC victory in the forthcoming local government elections and collapsed whilst on a door-to door campaign, a condition that later led to his untimely death.

He showed his love for the country when at an early age in his life he chooses to serve his country in the police services. His activism was broadly acclaimed in the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU), an organization that he served as a shop floor steward and a secretary of the Secunda branch, a task that apparently prepared him for the revolutionary role and discipline that he would later display in the SACP. His active role in the society found himself involved in the formation of land committees on farms and served in the Board of the Mpumalanga Parks Board for the past three years.

Comrade Juda rose from an active branch member to take the helm of the SACP in the province. It was under his able leadership that the province rose to be one of the strongest in the SACP. He was at the forefront of the implementation of our campaigns, as he understood their intention to deliver our people out of the conditions imposed on them by the Capitalist system. He hated Capitalism and its ripple effects on our people. He remained a dedicated Socialist.

Comrade Juda understood the task facing each communist, which is that of building a strong ANC and the alliance. Hence he was very active in all the campaigns of alliance partners and even served as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC since 2005.

As an internationalist, comrade Juda worked tirelessly to organise the solidarity movement with the people of Cuba and helped to launch the Mpumalanga chapter of the Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) as well as with the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and was the chairperson of the South African based Korean Friendship Association. He was a relentless fighter for the freedom of the people of Swaziland and had forged close links and working relationship with the premier liberation movement Peoples’ United Democratic Movement, PUDEMO.

The movement dips its banners in respectful homage to Comrade Juda Tsotetsi, a comrade who has dedicated his entire life to the struggle for a Socialist South Africa. He served both the ANC and the SACP with distinction, great courage and an unswerving loyalty. The movement is bleeding with the loss of such a young dedicated cadre. Comrade Juda is survived by his wife, Thandeka, four children, his mom and dad, two brothers and three sisters.

He was indeed a great warrior of our people and a dedicated communist to the end!!

Robala ka kgotso Selemane! Hamba Kahle Qabane!

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 * __POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE LATE CDE JUDA TSOTETSI ( PROVINCIAL SECRETARY OF THE SACP IN MPUMALANGA.__**

The untimely passing away of comrade Juda Tsotetsi, on the 31st of January 2006, at a tender age of 33 has been a big blow to the communist movement in Mpumalanga and this country and the working class and the poor in particular. During his life he achieved a lot for the revolution at a young stage and set both political and ideological path for the working class and the poor in Mpumalanga Province.
 * __PICK UP THE RED FLAG FROM FALLING__**

This is a real young communist, a unionist spanning some period as a Shopsteward for POPCRU in Secunda who had deeper understanding of the need for the entrenchment of Marxism-Leninism hence his tireless work with communities. He matriculated in Mbalenhle in Secunda). He went to work as Police Officer specializing in forensics. He obtained a National Diploma in Police Management. He was busy studying for a Degree in Police Management with UNISA. He also served in the Mpumalanga Parks Board.
 * THE YOUNG JUDA**

This is one comrade who was always on the forefront in building the strong SACP after the 1994 democratic breakthrough. This is part of an embodiment of a young communist in the form of comrade Juda Tsotesi, the Secretary of SACP in Mpumalanga Province. Most of those who knew him knew that he believed in what he called “ a discipline of the movement” which he outlined by saying that a collective discipline of communist will always be seen in how he / she carries out the programmes of the SACP and the part he/she plays in the integrated programme of the alliance. This is what he used to call “the discipline of the movement”

Elected as the Provincial Secretary in 2002 at the tender age of 28. This is the comrade who honed his political expertise in the alliance in the movement tradition. As a delegate of the then Witbank district of the SACP from the branch of Secunda given the huge but noble and revolutionary task of leading the province by this congress he never failed it up until his last days. His activism in the union movement as a POPRU Shopsteward apparently prepared him for revolutionary challenges to come.

Cde Juda was an active person who always wanted to know anything he thought he does not understand for he did not believe in acting on things he did not have information on. He was ever prepared to lead and defend programmes of the SACP and the Alliance. Checking his age and his ascension in the province he has been one of the fast learning Marxist-Leninist of his age. He ensured that all the PEC meetings were used as the political education platforms so that all, especially the districts, should be effective as communist leaders in their day to day work. In the PEC meetings he presented reports with a Marxist-Leninist consciousness. This is an endeavour he undertook from the time he was a Secretary up until he passed away.

He was in his organisation dedicated at all levels. He presented and interpreted the SACP programmes and took the outside structures with fervour. He was a good mobiliser especially on resources in ensuring that the SACP have resources to run its programmes.
 * ON THE ORGANISATIONAL WORK.**

Cde Juda believed that in our operations we need to combine both theory and practice in taking our struggles forward in that he practically led SACP programmes in all activities. Usually before or after each activity or campaign he would request PEC members to stay behind so as to give a proper class analysis on the happenings of the day. His young communist sense saw the vibrant establishment of People’s Land Committees Mpumalanga which is part of the SACP land and agrarian transformation campaign. It is in Mpumalanga rural areas under his leadership that the SACP Land Campaign of 2004 found its profound expression more than anywhere else in the country. The national campaign for Credit Amnesty from the credit bureaus was officially launched in his province. He also played a leading role in the establishment of the provincial structure of the Financial Sector Campaign Coalition (FSCC).

Cde Juda is one of the few comrades that ensured that the provincial alliance meetings sit. On some occasions he would personally stand up for the ten-a-side to sit. He played a larger role in ensuring that the ANC adopts the SACP programme and the SACP adopts the ANC programmes. As reflected above he vehemently stated on several occasion that our collective discipline will be seen in the way we carried out our SACP programmes and the integrated programmes of the alliance; this is what he would normally call “the discipline of the movement”.
 * JUDA THE CATALYST**

Cde Juda was elected into the ANC PEC in Mpumalanga in 2005 and he served in a number of ANC sub committees. During the nominations for 2006 local government elections he was nominated in both Emalahleni and Govan Mbeki Municipalities.
 * POLITICAL PARTICIPATION.**

As No1 in the list this was going to be a test highly anticipated by communists in this province. One of the concerns Cde Juda had was that of having high levels of poverty in this municipality while they had SASOL in their midst, one of his tasks was to find ways of ensuring that SASOL is used in the development of the area.

Cde Juda was an official delegate of the Korean Friendship Association (KFA) in South Africa; he was mainly in charge of the direction and co-ordination of the KFA in South Africa.
 * ON INTERNATIONAL WORK**

The SACP honours this hero of the working class and the poor who will be remembered by his complete and selfless dedication and commitment to the struggle for national liberation and socialism.

Comrade Juda Tsotetsi is survived by his wife Thandeka Tsotetsi and four children.

It is for the above dedication, activism and diligence that this harbinger of the new generation of young communists will be sorely missed by his family, the poor and the broader SACP family.