THEY USE National Party laws. They pretend there are no political prisoners in jail, said Kenny Motsamai.
We see the state interfering with the legal processes, said PAC president Luthando Mbinda.
JUSTICE HAS FAILED US THEN AND IT IS FAILING US NOW, SAID MBINDA.
Kenny’s daughter, Busi, who was not yet born when her father was sent to jail, wept in court as her father was led away. Later outside court, she collapsed and had to be revived by her mother, Kenny’s wife, Mantombi Magagula (43). Motsamai (53), a PAC member, was sentenced to life imprisonment after killing a traffic officer during an Azanian People’s Liberation Army operation. He has been in jail since 1989. Speaking in court before the session started, the heavily guarded Kenny spoke to the gallery packed with former APLA soldiers and PAC members.
“I am going to be free. “I’ll be out of jail and FW de Klerk will take my place in jail,” he said.
Speaking to the soldiers, he said: “Please majoni, vote for the PAC. “If the PAC takes power we will be free. “As you can hear from my voice, I am sick because I am ill-treated in jail.” “We are disappointed with this judgment. “We see the minister and the state interfering with the legal processes.”
He said they will be marching to parliament on Thursday to demand the release of political prisoners.
Mantombi and her daughter said they were very disappointed with the judgment. “We were so ready to take him home. “This is so painful,” Mantombi said. Motsamai pleaded with Mbinda, who was sitting in the packed gallery, to talk to the ANC to release him, and PAC members burst into song after Motsamai’s address.
There were tears and cries of disbelief when the judge dismissed Kenny Motsamai’s application for his unconditional release from prison at the South Gauteng High Court in Joburg on Friday.
PAC president Mbinda said they would soon be embarking on rolling mass actions.
