Thabiso Goba6 January 2025 | 9:06

SACP commemorates 30 years since Joe Slovo's passing, says he would have wanted 'bigger and better' RDP houses

He died on the 6th of January in 1995 and was buried at the Avalon Cemetery in Soweto, where Monday's event is taking place.

SACP commemorates 30 years since Joe Slovo's passing, says he would have wanted 'bigger and better' RDP houses

South African Communist Party spokesperson Alex Mashilo. Picture: Supplied/@SACP1921 on X

JOHANNESBURG - As the South African Communist Party (SACP) commemorates the 30th anniversary of the passing of Joe Slovo, it says a lot needs to be done to live up to his legacy.

Slovo was an anti-apartheid activist and one of the writers of the 1955 Freedom Charter.

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He died on the 6th of January in 1995 and was buried at the Avalon Cemetery in Soweto, where Monday's event is taking place.

At the time of his passing, Slovo was serving as the country's first democratic human settlements minister.

He is credited with laying the ground for reconstruction and development programme, otherwise known as RDP houses.

SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo said that while millions of people benefited from RDP homes, many more still remain homeless.

"I'm sure Joe Slovo would have loved to see bigger and better houses within the framework of integrated human settlements, with recreational facilities and schools, so that wherever we develop these houses, it’s a complete community with human development facilities."

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to attend the event and give a word of support on behalf of his party.