Joy as Stompie’s mother gets new home
Party renovates activist’s home
Child activist Stompie Seipei’s mother received a newly renovated seven-roomed house in Parys, Free State, yesterday.
After the death of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in April, the ANC had made a promise to Stompie’s mother that it would ensure that it renovated her family home.
Dressed in ANC regalia, Mananki Seipei thanked the party for her new home which was presented by the party’s secretary-general and former Free State premier, Ace Magashule.
“You [Magashule] have brought me joy. Look at how beautiful my house is. It is all God’s work,” she said.
Stompie, a young political activist at the time, was kidnapped and murdered in 1988 after he was accused of being a sellout. Stompie was taken hostage by members of the Mandela United Football Club before being killed by Jerry Richardson, one of its members.
Until recently, MadikizelaMandela had been accused of being behind the teenager’s death which took place not far from her home in Orlando West, Soweto.
Seipei criticised those who have called her a gold-digger and said she wanted millions of rand for showing support to the ANC and MadikizelaMandela.
Magashule, who was accompanied by ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe and other party officials, said the house was one of many that the ANC built for families of Struggle stalwarts such as MK veterans in the Free State.
He praised Stompie’s contribution towards the Struggle and for his intellect at a very young age. “Stompie was an organic intellectual. At 14 he could lecture people much older than him in universities such as Wits,” he said.
Magashule said the house was a way of thanking Stompie’s mother for raising a brave fighter.