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President Cyril Ramaphosa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his sadness at the passing of the last surviving signatory of the Freedom Charter and Accused No 4 in the 1956 Treason Trial, Leon Levy.
The 96-year-old member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and the Communist Party of South Africa, died in Cape Town on Saturday.
He was arrested in 1956 and charged with treason together with his brother, Norman.
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says, “President Ramaphosa finds the passing of Leon Levy as a sad moment for us as fellow human beings. It is particularly sad for us as citizens of South Africa that attained freedom from apartheid through the hard and sacrificial activism of Leon Levy and those who were in the trenches with him, including his brother, Norman. Leon Levy was part of a generation whose contributions to a better life and a better world for all South Africans and humanity globally must never be forgotten or dishonoured.”
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA MOURNS PASSING OF STRUGGLE VETERAN LEON LEVY
President @CyrilRamaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the passing in Cape Town of Mr Leon Levy, aged 96, who was the last surviving signatory of the Freedom Charter and Accused No 4 in the 1956 Treason Trial.…
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