{"id":7537,"date":"2013-07-22T08:17:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T08:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2013-07-22T08:57:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T08:57:26","slug":"top-anc-official-killed-in-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7537","title":{"rendered":"Top ANC official killed in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gauteng’s MEC of Economic Development Nkosiphendule Kolisile and two others were killed in a car accident.<\/p>\n

Kolisile was described as a “committed” public servant, whose dedication to the poor was “admirable”.<\/p>\n

Kolisile steered his portfolio with \u201cvigour\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Kolisile was a former Young Communist League national committee member and former chairperson of the SA Communist Party in Gauteng.<\/p>\n

Young Communist League spokesman for the Eastern Cape, Thabang Maseko said on Twitter that South Africa “lost a Marxist over the weekend” and that “Karl Marx would welcome him”.<\/p>\n

Kolisile and two bodyguards were killed in a head-on collision in the Free State in the early hours of the morning, according to the SABC.<\/p>\n

ANC Gauteng chairman Paul Mashatile told the SABC that Kolisile was travelling to a funeral in Queenstown, Eastern Cape when they collided head-on with another vehicle.<\/p>\n

Mashatile said Premier Nomvula Mokonyane was with Kolisile’s family.<\/p>\n

News of Kolisile’s death sparked reaction from political parties.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng described Kolisile as a great addition to the provincial cabinet following a reshuffle.<\/p>\n

“[He] had a sterling record in the Gauteng provincial legislature,” DA provincial spokesman Marius Redelinghuys said in a statement. Gauteng is the richest province in the country by far.<\/p>\n

The Young Communist League of SA said they were shocked at his the passing.<\/p>\n

“As the YCLSA we send our deepest condolences to his family, colleagues and friends,” said spokesman Khaya Xaba.<\/p>\n

The family travelled to Reddersburg, 60km south of Bloemfontein, Free State, where the accident happened, to see the place where Kolisile lost his life.<\/p>\n

Free State police are investigating a case of culpable homicide in connection with the accident.<\/p>\n

The province\u2019s police spokesperson, Sergeant Thabo Litabe, said the accident happened at about 4.30am when a white sedan in which Kolisile and his bodyguards were travelling in swerved to avoid an ambulance only to collide head-on with a truck.<\/p>\n

Only the truck driver survived\u00a0the accident, while the ambulance sped on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truck was travelling towards Bloemfontein while the (MEC\u2019s) sedan was travelling to the Eastern Cape,\u201d Litabe said.<\/p>\n

He said the car Kolisile was travelling in was so badly damaged that police could not tell its make or model.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the three occupants in the white sedan died on the scene. The accident was very very bad,\u201d he said. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gauteng’s MEC of Economic Development Nkosiphendule Kolisile and two others were killed in a car accident. Kolisile was described as a “committed” public servant, whose dedication to the poor was “admirable”. Kolisile steered his portfolio with \u201cvigour\u201d. Kolisile was a former Young Communist League national committee member and former chairperson of the SA Communist Party … Continue reading “Top ANC official killed in car crash”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[4104,4105],"class_list":["post-7537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-gautengs-mec-of-economic-development","tag-political-death"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kolisile.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7542,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions\/7542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}