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EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

A TRIBUTE TO COMRADE ALFRED NZO, FORMER SA FOREIGN MINISTER

BY PREMIER STOFILE

14 JANUARY  2000

The hallmark of a true ANC leader has always been undiluted commitment to the task of liberating our people. The ANC also demands 
uncompromising adherence to policy, love of the people and selflessness of the highest order. Comrade Nzo was an embodiment.

His commitment to the task of liberation saw him lose chances for higher education. It saw his profession as a social worker ending just 
when it was blossoming. Like many leaders of the liberation movement, he earned the wrath of the oppressors to the extent that he had to 
leave his country and his people. Many family members died during his years in exile.

Exile posed the challenges of convincing the world that apartheid was a crime against humanity. The ANC had to keep its cadres 
motivated,united and well looked after. The movement had to keep its leadership sharp on politics and often had to give political direction 
to the African leaders.

In the end, the respect that the world accorded the ANC and the liberation struggle owed its origins in the tireless work of Comrade Nzo 
and the rest of the ANC leadership. And yet he remained very humble to the end.

Comrade Nzo taught us in practice how to respect people of all ages. But above all, he taught us that the organisation and its tasks was 
far more important than any individual in the ranks and file of the Alliance.

This warm son of Africa was a natural social worker. He was a sharp politician and a brilliant political analyst. Simply one of the best in 
the ANC. He was vilified by his political opponents. He took all this in his stride.

Africa has lost a great leader and a statesman.

Hamba Kahle Comrade. You are our first ambassador for this Century to the world of the Ancestors where many of our leaders and relatives 
are already waiting a report.

MA Stofile
 Premier and ANC Chairperson - Eastern Cape

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