LETTER: Dulcie September murder remains unsolved, 33 years later

by Farouk Araie

Thirty three years ago, on March 29, 1988, ANC representative in Paris, Dulcie September, was murdered in a sophisticated hit.

Her murder has never been solved. Since that fateful day, conflicting reports have abounded. However, when we sift through the disinformation and misinformation, and look at verifiable facts, we have no reason to believe the official information released at that time.

It is obvious that a hidden hand was behind this tragedy. History reminds us that there are no accidents in politics. Everything happens for a purpose. Dulcie was a formidable opponent of racism. She was feared and loathed by the apartheid regime at the time.

Is it possible that she was eliminated in a stealthy ambush masterminded by a combination of secret intelligence institutions and at the behest of the military with the tacit approval of the powers of that era ?

It was George Washington who once said: “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”

The solution to her untimely death will come not from a new investigation, but from minds deeply grounded first and last in uncorrupted logic.

The version parroted by many is a story of outright lies and deception.

Her brutal murder is a mystery wrapped in enigma. The identity of who actually fired the five shots and the motivation for doing so have been the subject of deep conjecture and study ever since. The raw events of that fateful day are burned into the collective retinas of our nation.

* Farouk Araie, Johannesburg.

** The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Independent Media.

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