SACP reveals assassination attempt on senior official
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has revealed an alleged assassination attempt on its 2nd Deputy General Secretary Solly Mapaila.
The party says the incident took place at the commemoration of Chris Hani’s murder in Boksburg on Monday.
SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo says the unidentified gunman was one of the people that were booing Mapaila as he went onto the stage.
“The gunman aborted his mission after what seemed to be an alert to him that he was exposed. In addition, Mapaila had an umbrella because of a heavy rainstorm. This caused a distraction when he ascended the stage, where he shortly announced that he could no longer deliver the SACP message because of the storm and quickly exited the podium,” says Mashilo.
Mashilo says there is video footage of the incident, which will be handed over to police for investigation.
“We have already sent a representative to police with the video footage. Mr Mapaila is a soldier, he comes from MK ranks, his reaction to this is that of a soldier who is determined to continue taking the struggle forward,” says Mashilo.