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The SACP has learnt with shock and sadness of the untimely passing away of Prof Kader Asmal, a stalwart of our movement. The SACP sends its deepest condolences to family and friends, his relatives, colleagues and comrades in the movement broadly. This is indeed a sad loss.

Prof Asmal played an important role in our struggle to build a democratic, prosperous, non-racial and non sexist South Africa. He also played an important role in the transition especially in the process of drafting the constitution of the country.

He was an intellectual who loved robust debates and was always in search of new ideas in order to confront the greatest challenges confronting our country. Although we did not always agree with his ideas as the SACP however we respected his intellectual contribution in the task of reconstructing and developing our country.

Professor Asmal served the movement with dedication both as an NEC member and as Minister in Government responsible firstly for Water Affairs and Forestry and later Education. In his honour we need to build a new crop of young intellectuals committed to the non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa.

We dip our red flag deep in honour of this hero of our people.